West London Labour Councillor Defects to Tories - the 4th to Leave in 7 Days

West London Labour councillor defects to Tories - the 4th to leave in 7 days

Labour councillors across London are leaving the party ahead of the 2026 local elections

West London Labour councillor defects to Tories - the fourth to leave in 7 days

A West London councillor has defected from Labour to the Conservatives. Councillor Vickram Grewal is the fourth to have left Hounslow Labour in seven days. Mr Grewal, councillor for Cranford, had been re-selected to stand for Hounslow Labour in the 2026 local elections. However, he has left the party over what he describes as “local and national financial mismanagement”. He said: “Hounslow Labour has driven our borough to the brink. They’ve crea…

Third Labour councillor in a week quits party blaming government’s ‘rightward shift’

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Labour councillor joins Lib Dems in Northampton

NLive Radio reports news of Councillor Farzana Aldridge: A Northampton Labour councillor has defected to the Liberal Democrats after becoming “increasingly concerned” with the party’s national leadership. West Northamptonshire Cllr Farzana Aldridge said she left Labour after feeling the party was moving away from “community-focused and forward-looking politics”, adding that she is committed to serving the residents of her Kingsley and Semilong …