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VICTORY FOR NEWCASTLE LIBDEMS

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After a night of good election results for the Liberal Democrats, on Friday morning Jun 11 the best result of the election  was announced in Newcastle.

Newcastle LibDems were hoping for a victory, but the scale of the victory was even better than expected winning 48 of the 78 seats, Labour taking the remaining 30. 15 of the 26 wards were won outright, with 2 wards shared. The Conservatives again failed to make any in-roads.

Labour Leader Tony Flynn and his deputy Keith Taylor lost their seats as their ward fell to the Liberal Democrats. It means the end of more than 30 years of Labour control of the city council.

Well done. The hard work by Newcastle Liberal Democrats has paid off.

Speaking earlier after the result,  Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy said: "This is a great result for the Liberal Democrats...

"We're continuing to not just hold, but to substantially advance our position, this is really three party politics in Britain and the media here really need to wake up to that fact."