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Ms Daby is a former deputy mayor of Lewisham
Labour has held Lewisham East in a by-election triggered by the resignation of former frontbencher Heidi Alexander.
Lewisham councillor Janet Daby pledged to oppose a "hard Brexit" after successful with 50.2% of the vote in the Remain-voting space of south-east London.
Labour's majority was slashed from 21,213 on the basic election to five,629 because the Lib Dems overtook the Tories to say second place.
Turnout was simply 33%lower than half what it was on the basic election.
Lib Dem Leader Sir Vince Cable described it as "the largest swing from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in over a decade" one thing he attributed to "the failure of Labour's leadership to oppose the Conservatives' hard Brexit".
Labour's Janet Daby acquired 11,zero33 votes, the Lib Dem candidate Lucy Salek 5,404 (24.6%), and the Conservative candidate Ross Archer three,161 (14.four%).
Ms Daby, the previous deputy mayor of Lewisham, stated she felt "humbled and delighted".
In her acceptance speech she stated her victory meant "we will not tolerate an extreme Brexit in Lewisham East".
"We refuse to stand by and let a Tory government devastate our schools, our health service and our housing," she added.
Asked if there was a lot distinction between her and party chief Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, she stated she needed to make sure "we have as close a relationship to the EU as possible".
"I voted for Jeremy Corbyn twice in the leadership election and obviously within politics not everybody will agree on everything ... but we need to find a way around it that holds the Tories to account."
Ms Daby has been a councillor for Lewisham since 2010 and is the director of the Whitefoot and Downham Community Food + Project which she based in 2013. She was picked because the party's candidate from a shortlist of black and ethnic minority girls.
A complete of 21,979 folks turned out to vote in the by-election33.2% of the citizens.
There was a 19% swing from Labour to the Lib Dems, who noticed a 20% improve in their vote share from the final election.
Labour gained the south-east London seat on the 2017 basic election with 32,072 votesa majority of greater than 20,000. Turnout in 2017 was 69%.
Their new majority is 5,629.
The former Labour MP Heidi Alexander introduced in May she was quitting Parliament to work for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
The full outcomes in Lewisham East had been:
- Janet DabyLabour 11,zero33 (50.2%)
- Lucy SalekLiberal Democrats 5,404 (24.6%)
- Ross ArcherConservative three,161 (14.four%)
- Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-DebrahGreen Party 788 (three.6%)
- Mandu ReidWomen's Equality Party 506 (2.3%)
- David KurtenUKIP 380 (1.7%)
- Anne Marie WatersFor Britain Movement 266 (1.2%)
- Maureen MartinChristian Peoples Alliance 168
- Howling Laud HopeMonster Raving Loony Party 93
- Massimo DiMambroDemocrats and Veterans Party 67
- Sean FinchLibertarian Party 38
- Charles Careyno description 37
- Patrick GrayRadical Party 20
- Thomas HallYoung People's Party 18