May Election Results Confirm Labour Revival Now Underway in South West

RESULTS IN THE elections held last week confirm an upsurge in the Labour vote across the South West Region. Commenting on the outcome, Local Branch Secretary, Phil Spurr, said: “It shows the extent of Labour support across the region despite the appalling treatment the Party has received from the media in the run up to the May elections.”

Outstanding election results for Labour in the South West

Spurr added: “Labour successes included an outstanding campaign by Gareth Derrick in the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election where he came within 1% of winning and a Labour landslide in the Exeter City Council elections.” In Plymouth Labour outperformed all expectations although not gaining an overall majority.

Posts flooded in on Gareth Derrick’s facebook page congratulating him on the result. Labour supporter Cerys Hartt enthused: “Gareth you are an absolute Labour Hero. You came within a hair’s breadth of taking this against the Tory. This is a wake up call for everyone who thinks we have no chance in rural areas.”

Gavin Derrick polled more that 65000 votes across Devon and Cornwall and election agents have indicated that the share of the vote in Cornwall was dramatically up.

Phil Spurr also thanked: “local Labour Party members and supporters who worked so hard leafleting and persuading others to vote Labour, helping us to achieve such an outstanding set of results.”