Birmingham's newest city councillor has spoken of her relief at finally being sworn into office almost three months after a counting mix-up mistakenly gave her seat to the British National Party.
Labour's Cath Grundy began her first official day in the Council House yesterday, following a High Court ruling quashing the election in May of the BNP's Sharon Ebanks.
Tellers at the Kingstanding count double-counted the BNP votes, allowing Ms Ebanks to be declared the winner. Labour had to raise an election petition at the High Court in order to get the result over-turned.
Coun Grundy (Lab Kingstanding) said: "It was important that we went through the correct legal procedures to get the result overturned. This means I can now get on with the job of being a councillor representing the people of Kingstanding."
