Leigh Farrow: UKIP councillor

Leigh Farrow, the Labour councillor banned by his party from standing next May, has switched to UKIP.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Dec 2014, 23:10 BST
Updated 14th Dec 2016, 13:58 BST

Leigh Farrow, the Labour councillor banned by his party from standing next May, has switched to UKIP.

Councillor Farrow, who represents Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, took his seat as the first UKIP member yesterday (Thursday).

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Cllr Farrow, 59, said: "The whole political map has changed.  Labour hasn't done itself any favours, either nationally and locally. What I am concerned to do is represent working people - because it is working people who seem to bearing all the weight of what's occurring at the moment."