New Green Party councillor for Sheffield’s Ecclesall ward Peter Gilbert has told the Wire that residents are ready for “real action on the climate crisis” after his party took the seat from the Liberal Democrats in today’s local elections.

Cllr Gilbert won the seat with 3147 votes to Lib Dem Roger Davison’s 2751.

He said: “It’s been a Lib Dem monopoly for so long. The people of Ecclesall have been desperate for change – you see that in the results of the last few elections with people voting for Labour to get rid of the Lib Dems. But now they´ve seen that they don´t have to settle for second best and that they can just get what they want with the Green Party.

“I think Ecclesall is crying out for better public transport and true, real action on the climate crisis,” he added. “People trust the Greens to give them the facts and let them make up their own minds.”