Lankan wins, West Sussex by-election

Sri Lankan born-Sujan Wickremaratchi, a member of UK's Ruling Conservative Party has won the Hayward's Heath-West Sussex by-election. He has been voted in by the Residents of Ashenground Ward as Town Councillor.

The first Asian and Sri Lankan to win in West Sussex, Wickremaratchi has been nominated for County Council Elections in the area for May 2013 election, as well.

He is a Director at Warden Park Academy, a leading academy School in West Sussex, and is Chairman of its Standards Committee. He is also the Vice Chairman of Conservative Party Membership in the area.

Wickremaratchi was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia. He is married with two children. He is the only son of the Late Lalith De Silva (Deputy Chief Accountant) of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Ruth Jayatilake.