0 ▁had ▁proxy ▁votes ▁with ▁an ▁estimate ▁that ▁ 7 7 5 ▁would ▁be ▁for ▁Liberal ▁Democr ats ▁as ▁against ▁ 3 7 5 ▁for ▁Labour . ▁The ▁Liberal ▁Dem ocrat ▁candidate , ▁Mo za qu ir ▁Ali , ▁said ▁he ▁would ▁call ▁for ▁the ▁election ▁to ▁be ▁re - run ▁if ▁he ▁lost , ▁as ▁a ▁council ▁elect oral ▁officer ▁had ▁given ▁him ▁incorrect ▁advice ▁on ▁the ▁el ig ibility ▁of ▁some ▁proxy ▁votes . ▁The ▁situation ▁in ▁Dan es house ▁partly ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁government ▁review ing ▁the ▁law ▁on ▁proxy ▁votes ▁to ▁ensure ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁mis used ▁to ▁guarantee ▁votes . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁police ▁enqu iry ▁would ▁last ▁for ▁nearly ▁a ▁year ▁but ▁eventually ▁decided ▁no ▁action ▁should ▁be ▁taken . ▁ ▁The ▁police ▁were ▁again ▁asked ▁to ▁investigate ▁due ▁to ▁claims ▁in ▁an ▁independent ▁candidate ' s ▁leaf let . ▁Labour ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁they ▁reduced ▁rates ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁party ▁offices ▁was ▁mis leading ▁and ▁in ▁contra vention ▁of ▁the ▁Represent ation ▁of ▁the ▁People ▁Act ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁E lection ▁result ▁The ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁saw ▁all ▁four ▁groups ▁on ▁the ▁council ▁remain ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁of ▁seats , ▁with ▁Labour ▁keeping ▁their ▁majority ▁on ▁the ▁council . ▁The ▁only ▁seat ▁changes ▁came ▁in ▁Brun sh aw ▁where ▁the ▁independent ▁took ▁a ▁seat ▁from ▁Labour ▁and ▁in ▁Lane head ▁where ▁Labour ▁took ▁a ▁seat ▁back . ▁Over all ▁turn out ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁ 2 8