Trans Row Causes Labour to Lose Safe Council

The recent Cazenove ward (Hackney) council by-election witnessed a rare triumphant victory for the Tories, with Tory councillor Ian Sharer clinching a staggering 53.8% of the vote—a remarkable surge of +47.4 percentage points. To some, this may come as a seismic shock, given the area’s traditional allegiance to Labour – it is where Diane Abbott has been an MP since 1987.[…] Read the rest