LABOUR won a convincing victory in the Grappenhall North by-election last night (Thursday) as lifelong Grappenhall resident Tom Jennings, won a seat on Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council. 
Tom (pictured right) won 262 votes (47% share of vote), with the Lib Dems second, 92 votes behind Labour on 170. The Tories came a poor third with just 96 votes, and no Conservative representatives even bothered to attend the Count at the Quays Community Centre on Thelwall New Road. The Greens were fourth with 24 votes. UKIP did not put up a candidate.
Commenting on his victory in the Lib Dem heartland, Tom said:“I would like to thank all the residents that have voted for me. I am absolutely delighted to have been elected onto Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, and I look forward to working with the council to deliver my pledges and better the lives of all residents.”
Nick Bent, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Warrington South, commented:“This important victory continues a series of Labour successes south of the ship canal, where voters are increasingly rejecting the Tories and LibDems and instead are backing the One Nation vision for Britain being set out by Ed Miliband.”
Labour sweep to victory in Grappenhall
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Not sure that it is an important victory, it was already a Labour seat, so they merely held it. My understanding of the current UK political scene is that Labour have a weak and rather vulnerable lead in the polls, and once their policies come under scrutiny, they will be found seriously wanting. What they must be praying for is no upturn in the UK economy, if there is, and the signs are that there will be, they are dead in the water. The fact that they make such a fuss of what is a relatively irrelevant election result shows how desperate they are. Anyway well done and good luck to the winner, as a young man, I’m sure that he’ll soon get bored with the tedium of it all.
Let’s hope this chap remembers to go to significantly more of the meetings than his (Labour) predecessor. Lack of attendance appears to have been the cause of Mark Littler’s resignation. Perhaps the Labour party would like to reimburse the parish council the estimated £5,000 cost of the election?