“The Labour party are riding low in the polls and are running scared of the electorate. If there is no by-election then High Street ward will not have been fully represented for a quarter of the time between elections.”

Arran Angus, Elections Officer, Waltham Forest Liberal Democrats

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“The claim that having ward surgeries count is, I believe, inconsistent with the wording of the law as it stands. These are not minuted meetings where attendance is taken, so we have seen no evidence that he was in attendance.

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