Saturday 2nd October 2010

Natascha Engel, Labour MP for NE Derbyshire has declared she is "delighted" after Ed Miliband was elected Leader of the Labour Party.

As previously reported in the Chesterfield Post, Natascha was supporting Ed in his bid to win the contest.

The result, announced this time last week at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester, comes as Labour has gained a lead in the opinion polls.

Locally in a couple of local council by elections, Labour retained the seat on Eckington Town Council with Jane Austen winning the North Ward seat.

Their party candidate also came second in the Gosforth Valley council by election. Izzy Price (Lib Dems) previously held the seat - he was a well-known and well-regarded local councillor but sadly died earlier in the year.

Previously not natural labour territory, the party were well behind in third place the last time this seat was contested.

This time the Tory candidate John Dennis McGrory won the ward and the Lib Dems were in third place.

A spokesman for Natascha Engel remarked, "It should be very interesting come next May in both Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire."

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