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LIVE: Brighton rocked as leading Labour councillor quits to join Tories

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  • LEADING Labour member of Brighton and Hove City Council has defected to the Conservatives - leaving the Tories as the largest party.
  • Anne Meadows is councillor for Moulsecoomb and Bevendean and chairs the housing committee.
  • She was deselected by Labour party members last July.
  • Tony Janio, leader of the Conservative group on the city council welcomed the move
  • But Labour MP for Kemptown Lloyd Russell-Moyle was heavily critical.

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