Labour loses in Mangere

Whale Oil is reporting that Sylvia Taylor, a former National Party Candidate has just won the byelection in the Mangere Ward on the Manukau City Council with 3110 votes. The Labour candidate Maria David came 2nd losing by over 400 votes.

Labour losing an election in Mangere!!! Maybe the antics of the local MP are not so appreciated after all, and are having a corrosive effect locally.