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The complaint was brought over a by-election count in January 2020 (Inset: Google Maps) Calls for an investigation into a narrow Brent Council by-election victory by the defeated candidates were dismissed by the High Court. The court ruled the results for the Barnhill by-election, held in January 2020, were correct following a recount. The initial vote saw Labour candidates Gaynor Lloyd and Mansoor Akram narrowly elected in front of their Conservative counterparts Kanta Mistry and Stefan Voloseniuc. Ms Mistry and Mr Voloseniuc alleged 100 votes for them had been placed in the Labour pile and, had this been rectified, they would have been elected instead. ....
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Brent Council leader Cllr Muhammed Butt released a message earlier this month urging people to stay at home as much as possible (Photo: Brent Council) A former Brent Council leader called on three current councillors to resign after they attended a charity event during the national lockdown – though it has been dismissed by the local Labour Group as “political point scoring”. Paul Lorber accused Cllr Muhammed Butt, the current leader of Brent Council, of hypocrisy after he visited a community kitchen at Alperton Baptist Church, in Ealing Road, Wembley, on January 9. Cllr Butt was joined by fellow Brent councillors Trupti Sangani and Krupesh Hirani, as well as Harrow councillor Ajay Maru. ....