The St Ann's ward by-election on April 10 resulted in a significant win for Green Party candidate Ruairidh Paton, who received 1,059 votes against Labour's Stephen Tawiah with 589 votes. Paton sees this as a historic victory and highlights priorities like housing affordability and park maintenance issues. He aims to advocate for rent control policies and address concerns from residents about rising service charges and park management. He urges greater accountability from the council in addressing these pressing community issues.
"A landlord can choose to increase the rent 30% to 40% in some cases, that's come up a lot. That experience of not feeling you have control of your home, especially if you're a renter."
"That's something I want to light a fire under the council about. If people are paying more, at least the service can be up to scratch and what people want it to be."
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