There are no Tory councillors on the city council for the first time ever
The Conservative Party has been left with no representatives on Nottingham City Council for the first time in history as one member says they have taken a 'battering' in this year's elections.
Nottingham's council has been known as a city council since city status was granted in 1897 and, from that time, there has never been an election which ended in the Conservatives having zero councillors. The party's worst result before now was back in 1995, when they were left with one Nottingham City Council member.
"The Conservative Party has unfortunately taken a battering across the country and I think in Nottingham we've simply fallen victim to that. There are a lot of people in this city who want the Conservatives to win, but not every Conservative was motivated to turn out and vote." For Labour, it managed to gain full control of Broxtowe Borough Council and Mansfield District Council, which had both previously been under no overall control, though there were some Conservatives gains in Mansfield. Labour also managed to retain its majority on Gedling Borough Council, though the Conservatives did gain two seats there.
One of the two remaining Conservatives on the council said the party was unable to compete with the "electoral machine" of the Ashfield Independents. But this was given short shrift by leader Jason Zadrozny, who said: "This is the biggest political party in Europe, the idea that they can't outman us is not true. They're just a bit lazy."
He added: "Even in 1995 we managed to hold on to one councillor and obviously we haven't today. But I still absolutely think that there is a future for the Conservative Party in Nottingham.
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