Stunning victory for Labour GLA candidate

Newly elected GLA member
Dr Onkar Sahota

Dr Onkar Sahota has made local history by winning the Ealing and Hillingdon seat for the London Assembly for the Labour Party for the first time.

Labour’s Dr Sahota defeated Conservative Councillor  Richard Barnes by 3,110 votes, overturning a majority of 28,638.

 Dr Sahota, an Ealing GP and Hayes resident, said: "We have had a mountain to climb but we fought a good campaign."

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Candidate name	Party	Votes	Votes %	Majority
Onkar Sahota	Labour Party	65,584	40.04	3,110
Richard Barnes	Conservative Party	62,474	38.14
Michael Cox	London Liberal Democrats	11,805	7.21
Mike Harling	Green Party	10,877	6.64
Helen Louise Knight	Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)	6,750	4.12
David Furness	British National Party	4,284	2.62
Ian Edward	National Front Putting Londoners First	2,035	1.24
Source: London Elects	Total number of good votes	163,809	100.00

The defeated Conservative Councillor Richard Barnes, had been the GLA member for Ealing and Hillingdon for 12 years and was Boris Johnson’s Statutory Deputy Mayor from  2008 until 2012. He continues to be a L.B. Hillingdon Councillor for the Harefield ward.

Unfortunately Ken Livingstone, after a hard fought campaign, narrowly failed to regain the London Mayoralty for Labour.