tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-49326754043307239702008-03-18T22:21:00.000Z2008-03-18T22:21:00.000ZA Conservative politician was today found guilty of using bogus postal votes to ensure he was voted into office.<BR/><BR/>Eshaq Khan beat Lydia Simmons, an ex-mayor of Slough in Berkshire and a Labour councillor for 23 years, by 119 votes to win the council's Central Ward in last year's local elections.<BR/><BR/>But a special High Court election court, sitting in Slough, today found Khan and his agents guilty of corrupt and illegal practices in relation to applications for registering to vote and postal voting.<BR/><BR/>A by-election will now be called in the borough and Khan has been banned by the court from standing again.<BR/><BR/>http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Gov...tal-vote-fraudEshaq Khan tory vote fraudnoreply@blogger.com