The Labour-run council covered up the child abuse because they didn't want to be accused of racism and Shaun Wright was in charge of social services at the time. He resigned to become Police & Crime Commissioner where the police continued to ignore the repeated reports of organised paedophile gangs and the criminal negligence of the council under his watch.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Labour | Alan Billings | 74,060 | 50.02% |
UKIP | Jack Clarkson | 46,883 | 31.66% |
Conservative | Ian Walker | 18,536 | 12.52% |
English Democrat | David Allen | 8,583 | 5.80% |