Bristol Labour councillor defects to Liberal Democrats

Bristol Labour councillor defects to Liberal Democrats

She is the second Labour councillor in Bristol to leave the party in two years

Labour councillor Zoë Peat joins Lib Dems in Bristol

Zoë Peat (front left) is welcomed into Bristol Liberal Democrats. A local Liberal Democrat press release brings the news: Bristol Liberal Democrats have announced that councillor for Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston, Zoë Peat, has resigned from the Labour Party and joined the Liberal Democrats in City Hall. Cllr Peat attributed the move to the Liberal Democrats as a result of the party’s ‘desire to build bridges across political divides’, citing the …