SAFETY campaigner Gavin Booth pulled off the biggest shock of the day by snatching one of the two Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary seats on Fenland Council.
His victory came at a price for Tory hopeful, county councillor Steve Tierney, who lost to his Lib Dem opponent.
Gavin has been chairman of Parson Drove Parish Council but its’ been his work as chair of the Fenland Rural Road Safety Action Network that has brought him much wider appeal.
His surprise victory doubles the number of Lib Dem councillors at Fenland Hall as he joins Wisbech councillor Dave Patrick for what now looks likely to be the Tories’ official opposition.
PARSON DROVE AND WISBECH ST MARY
-2 seats-
Gavin Booth (Lib Dem) 652
David Goode (Lab) 303
Mary Lane (Lib Dem) 405
Robert Scrimshaw (Con) 849
Steve Tierney (Con) 602
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