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The problem with the view of the count from the press pen in the gallery is that you can’t read what people are thinking from the tops of their heads.
Retiring councillor Lesley Pavitt has a word in John Biggs’s ear during the count.
Labour’s candidates in St Katharine’s & Wapping ward, sitting councillor Denise Jones (orange jacket) and new candidate Robbie Scott (black jacket) have a quick consultation.
John Biggs sits quietly among the party activists, with a pile of peach coloured mayoral ballot slips in front of him.
