Labour retained their 16 seat majority on Coventry City Council with a comfortable win in the Lower Stoke by-election.The poll - called following the death of former Lord Mayor Jack Harrison - was won by 59-year-old mother of two Catherine Miks.
She was 803 votes ahead of second placed candidate, Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi.
The turnout was just 18.51 per cent.
Results:Jaswant Singh Birdi Conservative Party 563
Robert McArdle Socialist Alternative 254
Catherine Elizabeth Miks Labour Party 1366
Keith Oxford British National Party 149
Laura Vesty Green Party 114
Mark Edward Widdop Liberal Democrat 79
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:27 am