Labour's Dr Onkar Sahota Takes Ealing and Hillingdon

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Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes loses seat on London Assembly

Dr Onkar Sahota has taken the Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly seat from Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes - with a majority of over 3,000 votes - a swing of 9.2%.

The local GP, former magistrate and school governor has run a tireless campaign focussing on the threat to Ealing Hospital.

His petition against closure attracted over 10,000 signatures.

Richard Barnes, the outgoing member has served the GLA for 12 years.

In the Mayoral election Boris Johnson is still in the lead - the announcement is due at around 8pm if, as expected there is a need to count second preference votes to decide the winner.

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London Mayoral Election

Candidate	Party
Siobhan Benita	Independent
Carlos Cortiglia	British National Party
Boris Johnson	Conservative
Jenny Jones	Green
Ken Livingstone	Labour
Brian Paddick	Liberal Democrats
Lawrence Webb	Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)

London Assembly Election

Ealing and Hillingdon Constituency

Candidate	Party
Richard Barnes	Conservative
Onkar Sahota	Labour
Mike Cox	Liberal Democrats
Mike Harling	Green
Helen Knight	Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)
David Furness	BNP
Ian Edward	National Front

 

4th May 2012