Local Election Results

Banana Republic of Birmingham No wonder the BNP are apparently making so much progress in England - they're now getting councillors elected even when they don't get the most votes - this is a statement about last week's council election in Birmingham - Statement from Stephen Hughes, Acting Chief Executive and Returning Officer for Birmingham City Council: I am today writing to all the candidates in the Kingstanding Ward elections on 4 May, to explain the error that was made in the declaration of the result. The declaration at the count was that Sharon Ebanks (British National Party) and Zoe Hopkins (Labour Party) were elected. However in collating the paperwork it was clear that an error had been made, in that some of the votes had been counted twice. A recalculation was then done that indicated that the correct result should have been that Zoe Hopkins (Labour Party) and Catharine Grundy (Labour Party) should have been elected. I have taken legal advice on the matter. This indicates that the only way in which this result can be corrected is for one of the candidates to raise a petition to the courts. We will support in any way we can any candidates who wish to raise such a petition. "Ashby-de-la-Zouche" as Del-Boy would say.