Seema Malhotra wins Feltham and Heston
Seema Malhotra is Labour’s winning Labour candidate for Feltham and Heston.
Labour polled 12,639 votes, and there was an 8.6% swing to Labour.
Seema said this is “a victory for Labour which shows the progress we are making under Ed Miliband’s leadership.”
She added: “[This is] a vote of confidence in the way Labour is changing; listening harder, winning back the trust of the people we seek to serve.
“This is also a wake up call for David Cameron. This result shows how this Tory-led government is is totally out of touch with families, with business and out of touch with our pensioners too.”
Ed Miliband said the result was a “verdict on this Government’s failing economic plan”.
He said: “This is not just a swing from the Tories to Labour. It is a swing away from Tory ideas to Labour ideas. Labour ideas that put young people back to work. Labour ideas that gets growth going in the economy. Labour ideas that even in tough times, there can be hope.”
