News from Labour Matters

Support for Labour increases in local elections

Luke Akehurst continues to record local council election results and this week shows that support for Labour is up in the three contests where candidates were fielded. Particularly noteworthy is the result in Pentyrch Ward, Cardiff County Council, where the Labour vote was up by more than 10%, but just fell short of taking the seat from the Conservatives. Read the full article.

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