No bounce for Brown: Labour majority in Ealing Southall slashed as Lib Dems surge

2.07.02pm UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 20th Jul 2007

Nigel Bakhai and the Liberal Democrats have slashed the Labour majority in Ealing Southall to just 5,070 votes. The Tories, despite the personal intervention of David Cameron, trailed home in third, picking up 22% of the vote.

Commenting, Lib Dem Leader Menzies Campbell said:

"This result is a disaster for David Cameron's Conservative Party. They put everything into this seat and got nothing out of it. Not only are they totally marginalized in the north of England, they are going nowhere in the south."

The result was:

• Liberal Democrat Nigel Bakhai: 10,118

• Labour (Virendra Sharma): 15,188

• Conservative (Tony Lit): 8,230

You can see the result in full at www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/results/1461.html

• Lib Dems surge into clear second in Sedgefield: Tories slump to third

Greg Stone and the Liberal Democrats have stormed into second place in the Sedgefield by-election with Labour seeing their majority slashed. The Tories have slumped to third place on 13%, only just ahead of the BNP.

The result was:

Liberal Democrat Greg Stone: 5,572

Labour (Philip Wilson): 12,528

Conservative (Graham Robb): 4,082

You can see the result in full at www.sedgefieldlibdems.org.uk/results/1462.html

Commenting on the Sedgefield by-election result, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said:

"This is a great result for the Liberal Democrats. We have doubled our share of the vote, and pushed the Conservatives into a poor third place.

"It is a blow to Brown and a disaster for David Cameron.

"The Conservatives have been pushed into a poor third place and proved once again that they are entirely marginalized in the North of England.

"The voters of Sedgefield have sent a clear message to the Government - disastrous decisions on Iraq and rewarding the richest in society are being rejected by the hard-working and fair-minded families of this country.

"The Liberal Democrats are the only national party of opposition, and are gaining momentum. Three-party politics is here to stay."