A former Labour Coventry city councillor who lost his seat in May's elections by just six votes is contesting the result in the High Court. Malkiat Singh Auluck was defeated in Foleshill ward by the Conservative candidate in one of two Conservative gains which gave the Tories overall control of the council.The Times newspaper reports having seen evidence suggesting three voters marked down as having voted in the city's poll on May 4 were out of the country at the time. The special crime division of the Crown Prosecution Service's serious and organised crime directorate had asked the force to investigate, the paper said.
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