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. No other party than Labour has led the city council since 1988 and, despite a tumultuous four years in office, which has included the ongoing fallout of Robin Hood Energy's collapse, Labour has once again comfortably won enough seats to form a strong majority following this year's local elections.
Voters across Nottinghamshire headed to polling stations on Thursday (May 4) to choose their local representatives and counting for Nottingham started at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village the following day. The election campaign has seen most parties pledging to form an opposition on Nottingham City Council, rather than attempting to win enough seats to control it themselves.
Aside from Labour, the only exception to this was the Nottingham Independents. But with the party fielding 28 candidates this year, they would have needed every single one of their candidates to win to end up with a majority of just one. In the end, the party won just three.
