A former Liverpool Labour councillor who rebelled to form a breakaway group has stormed to a 'stunning' victory over his old party at the local elections.
Councillor Alan Gibbons, who is the acting leader of Liverpool Community Independents, won over 1,400 votes in Orrell Park in the north of Liverpool. Cllr Gibbons, a former teacher and published children's author, first stood to be a Labour councillor in 2021 having been inspired by Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.
He was elected as one of the councillors in the Warbreck ward, but was kicked out of the Labour Party after showing support for a newly proscribed left wing group. He had also already been suspended for his role in forming the Liverpool Community Independents group - a breakaway group of rebel Labour councillors - on Liverpool City Council.
