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The LGA's election aftershock

If the general election result was a surprise for the nation, the local government election results was the aftershock.

If the general election result was a surprise for the nation, the local government election results was the aftershock. 

While one may have expected Labour to do rather better, picking up a swing purely for not being the government of the day, the poor support of the party at a national level was reflected back in the local polls.  

Heather Jameson

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