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...Lib Dems have have eeked in where I am. This time round the Tory vote collapsed but a lot of the disaffected Tories seem to have stayed at home or voted for Labour (who actually fought a strong campaign for once)

I suspect that the uselessness of the local Tory MP Miriam Cates also contributed to this as well as all the economic problems and Westminster sleaze.

Oh, and the new Mayor of Sheffield Region Oliver Coppard is somebody who I've known from childhood. His political views are not dissimilar to mine, but he's somebody I find to be very full of himself.