A BOROUGH Labour party has been accused of being at war with itself after a shock claim to a council gathering. Independent Cllr Patrick McGinley told Hyndburn s Annual Meeting he had been approached by former MP Graham Jones to join the party so he could back a challenge to the leader of the authority Cllr Miles Parkinson. Veteran Tory councillor Peter Britcliffe said the two senior Labour politicians were now at each others throats . Overton ward s Cllr McGinley told the meeting in Accrington Town Hall: At the Lancashire County Council count on Saturday 7 May 2021, I was approached by the Lancashire Labour election co-ordinator, Graham Jones. I was signalled to go into the bar area.
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image captionConservative candidate Altaf Patel, whose campaign video went viral this week, has been elected as a councillor
A taxi driver who says he is known as the BoJo of Blackburn has gained a seat from Labour, although the party has remained in overall control of the town s council.
Altaf Patel - whose campaign video went viral - took Audley & Queen s Park ward by more than 100 votes.
Labour held on to power in Blackburn with Darwen, Chorley and Preston, but lost control of Rossendale.
The Conservatives won back overall control of Pendle.
The party gained one seat from Labour.