Article: Lord Mayor beats 'the labour curse' ; Brian vincent successfully defeated the 'curse of the Labour Lord Mayor' when he was sworn in yesterday.

Brian vincent successfully defeated the 'curse of the Labour Lord Mayor' when he was sworn in yesterday.

Cllr Vincent was designated as the new Lord Mayor in March this year - but faced re-election to his Efford and Lipson ward in the May 1 council elections.

At a Guildhall ceremony yesterday, Labour group leader Cllr Tudor Evans said: "Brian was determined to shake off the curse of the Labour Lord Mayor."

In May 2007, Michael Fletcher lost his Stoke ward near the end of his term as Lord Mayor.

Lord Mayor-elect Mike Fox lost his Moor View seat to the

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