LABOUR held on to their Radcliffe West seat last night by a margin of just nine votes.
Rishi Shori was elected into the seat after receiving 879 votes from people living in the ward.
Councillor Shori said: “I think it is a good result in what is a difficult time and we have learned a lot of lessons from the national situation. I am delighted that we have done so well.”
In a close second was Conservative candidate Samantha Davies with 870 votes, closing the 460 vote majority gained by Labour in the ward last year.
The other results were: Jean Purdy (BNP) with 459, Mike Halsall (Liberal Democrats) with 429, and Stephen Morris (English Democrats) with 228 votes.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of long-standing Labour councillor Wayne Campbell, who left to take a job as maintenance manager for Six Town Housing.
Turnout in the by-election was 35.1 per cent.
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