Tamils in UK local govt. polls

by admin
May 18, 2006
The local government election held on May 4, 2006 in the UK saw an unprecedented number of Tamil candidates putting forward their names as candidates. In addition to six candidates re-contesting, a dozen others entered the fray with lots of enthusiasm. It is now confirmed eight of the Tamil hopefuls have been elected.

Miss Elizabeth Packiyadevi Mann (Lib-Dem-Southwark Council), Paul Sathyanesan (Labour, Newham Council), Daya Idaikadar (Labour-Harrow Council), Manoharan Dharmarajah (Labour-Harrow Council), Mike Selva (Labour-Harrow Council) and Yogan Yoganathan (Lib-Dem, Kingston Council) were the re-elected Councillors at the election.

The newly elected Councillors are Mrs Sasikala Suresh (Labour-Harrow) and Vidyaharan Ram Mohan (Conservative- Croydon Council).

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