Pugh storms in as Labour Bubble Bursts in Southport

Pugh storms in as Labour Bubble Bursts in Southport

Southport‘s former Lib Dem MP Dr John Pugh stormed back to local politics last night with a monumental victory in the town’s Dukes Ward. He defeated the Conservative candidate Ann Pearmain by 890 votes and gained a majority over all other candidates put together. Labour came a poor third.

On a night when the Conservative vote also dipped, the Labour candidate Frank Hanley scored 21 votes fewer than when he was beaten by over a thousand votes by Councillor Tony Dawson in May 2016 election. UKIP and Green candidates both gained only a handful of votes.

Dukes Ward, Sefton MBC by-election result, November 2nd 2017

John Pugh Lib Dem 1680 56.0%
Conservative 790 26.3%
Labour 417 13.9%
UKIP 69 2.3%
Green 45 1.5%