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Barnhill by-election recount result has stayed with Labour - Credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images Two Conservatives have been ordered to pay £68,000 in costs to Brent Council after losing the Barnhill by-election recount. Stefan Voloseniuc and Kanta Mistry narrowly lost the by-election to Labour candidates on January 23 last year. Barnhill Conservatives Kanta Mistry and Stefan Voloseniuc. - Credit: Barnhill Conservatives Mansoor Akram received 1,194 votes while Gaynor Lloyd won 1,152 against Ms Mistry s 1,082 and Mr Voloseniuc s 1,018. The losing Conservatives believed that votes were incorrectly allocated and put in a petition to the High Court for a recount. They claimed that on election night, they were not allowed a recount by the returning officer for Brent Council, Carolyn Downs, nor was their agent allowed to flick through bundles to check. ....