By our political team
Labour achieved an amazing political comeback through hard work and dogged perseverance taking Hanover and Elm Grove ward in the Brighton & Hove City Council by election last night at Brighton Town Hall.
The new Labour seat, once a Green stronghold, was won by Emma Daniel, becoming the new Labour councillor.
The result was
Labour 1,396
Greens 1.358
Conservative 275
UKIP 250
Trade Unions AC 172
Liberal Democrats 56
Turnout 3,520 from a total electorate of 12,043 is 29%
