Read about the Tooting Parliamentary Parliamentary by-election, held on 16 June 2016. Previous MP Sadiq Khan (Labour) triggered the by-election after he won election as Mayor of London.
It was won by Rosena Allin-Khan, the Labour Party candidate, with a majority of 6,357 over the Conservatives.
Alex Glassbrook was the Liberal Democrat candidate, finishing fourth with 2.6%.
Almost completely lost in all the other political news was the Liberal Democrat result in the Tooting Parliamentary by-election held on 16 June. Perhaps thankfully so given that even though the party lost its deposit in May 2015, in the by-election the Lib Dem vote share fell yet further: down 1.4% to 2.6%. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tooting by-election is Alex Glassbrook, a volunteer lawyer for south west London Law Centres who also supports international development. … Read the full post »