Local Council by-election 27th June

[Tony Otim]

Jun 28, 2019 11:33:07 GMT ricmk said:

Jun 28, 2019 10:08:01 GMT Chris from Brum said:

So MIF gain from Labour the council seat vacated by the Labour councillor who beat MIF to become the elected Mayor.  I guess you would call that a score draw.

Doesn't it indicate that Andy Abrahams is quite impressive/has a big personal vote?  Labour win with him and lose without him.  He won both a council ward and mayoralty that all other Labour candidates have lost to the MIF?  My takeaway would be that Labour have shown that generic candidates will narrowly lose to the MIF, but the right candidate can win.  If I was in their local party I'd be thinking whether he's the man to win the parliamentary seat back.

Isn't there probably also an element that he benefited in this ward in May from a higher profile due to also being the mayoral candidate, which maybe made a difference in a close result...