THE Independents manage to maintain a majority at Wexham Court Parish Council following a by-election.
The results of the by-election were announced today (May 10), and the count took place at the Centre in Farnham Road,
Seven seats were up for grabs following six resignations and the tragic passing of councillor Ken Wright last year.
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Labour hoped to regain control of the Independent-run parish council but was defeated by a landslide by the Independent group.
Only two Labour candidates were voted in whereas five Independent candidates were elected.
The full election list of Wexham Court Parish Council is as followed:
- Hamzah Ishtiaq Ahmed (Lab): 505
- Mubashir Ahmed (Ind): 578
- Shaida Abbas Akbar (Lab): 525
- Sajid Mahmood Janjua (Ind): 499
- Kamaljit Kaur (Lab): 522
- Sarfraz Khan (Lab): 497
- Josiah Njore Kimani (Lab): 441
- Sandra Malik (Lab): 517
- Gurcharan Singh Manku (Ind): 494
- Lesley McNichol (Ind): 575
- Sajid Nawaz (Ind): 530
- Singh Ruprah (Ind): 529
- Jaswinder Singh (Ind): 538
- Paul Sohal (Lab): 477
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Wexham Court Parish Council’s current political make-up is nine Independent parish councillors and two Labour.
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