It could be very interesting indeed
The local elections in May are once again a chance for people across Nottinghamshire to elect the people who hold sway over key services and decisions affecting their everyday lives. But politically, they will also be the first major test of public opinion in the county since 2019.
But at the last election in 2019, just five opposition councillors were elected - two from the Conservatives and three from the Nottingham Independents. Although five councillors has been a small opposition against Labour's 50, the number was even smaller in 2015, when just three opposition councillors were elected.
Such ambitions mean that most of the parties seem to be taking a much more targeted approach in Nottingham this year, deploying most of their resources into specific wards to try and win them from Labour. In Nottingham then, it would be truly seismic if Labour were to end up without enough councillors to form a majority, so the thing to really keep an eye on will be the size of that opposition.
This election will therefore be a battle amongst all these parties to see if any of them can take overall control of Broxtowe, without having to rely on coalition agreements. One candidate to look out for in Broxtowe will be Reece Oliver, well-known as the Strelley lion keeper, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats.
But the Ashfield Independents point to a record which they say shows them delivering results on local issues ranging from the opening of new leisure centres to highlighting the blight of potholes. Its leader, Jason Zadrozny, has previously expressed his confidence that the party will not suffer from events such as the conviction of Tom Hollis - May 4 will show how well-placed that confidence is.
The election will therefore be hard-fought, particularly by the parties who are fielding enough candidates to take control of the council - Labour, the Conservatives and the Mansfield Independents. But what will be particularly interesting to watch is whether this year's mayoral race could end up being the last.
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