DCSIMG

Drayton and Farlington

Cons hold

Peter Lipscombe, Labour: 297

Clive Percy, The English Democrats: 258

Steve Wemyss, Conservative: 2,532

Patrick Whittle, Liberal Democrats: 1,115

Turnout: 42.5%

Conservative group leader Steve Wemyss romped home again in one the Tories' safest seats, with more than double the votes of his nearest challenger.

The vote for him was by far the biggest single-personal backing in the city.

Cllr Weymss said: 'I'm very pleased with the result. Although we didn't expect to lose, you can't take anything for granted.'


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