A Bermudian politician saw off eight opponents to hold on to her position as councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Jahdia Spencer, who won a ward councillor seat in West Thamesmead in a December 2024 by-election, retained her seat winning 589 votes.

While the ruling Labour Party faced losses elsewhere in the election, the party held on to both of the councillor seats up for grabs in West Thamesmead, with her fellow party member, Nathan Baffour-Awuah, winning 718 votes.

A total of ten candidates put their names forward in the election representing five parties, and voter turnout was 30.3 per cent.

In a brief speech delivered after the results were released, Ms Spencer thanked the Labour Party, her fellow candidates and her family in Bermuda, adding that the election was just the beginning.

She said: “We are going to keep doing what we have been doing, being active, being involved in the community and getting things done.”

Her seat was one of 55 in Greenwich and more than 5,000 across 136 local authorities in England up for grabs in the election.

The results, along with those in the devolved government elections in Scotland and Wales, will be seen as an indication of the nation’s satisfaction ― or otherwise ― with beleaguered Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour government.

Ms Spencer, who grew up in Loyal Hill, Devonshire, and is a digital information officer for Southwark Council’s Department of Culture, serves on various council committees and is governor of a local primary school.

She became fascinated with politics when her grandmother, Pat Brangman, took her to a Progressive Labour Party rally, aged 8, and she went on to study the subject at school and university, as well as becoming youth leader of the island’s Free Democratic Movement.

Ms Spencer told The Royal Gazettethis week that she had been busy canvassing for herself and other Labour Party colleagues.