{"id":34236,"date":"2021-05-07T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=34236"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:40:33","slug":"breaking-labour-council-leader-loses-seat-to-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/breaking-labour-council-leader-loses-seat-to-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Labour council leader loses seat to Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it stands Labour looks set to lose control of Sheffield City Council as they bleed votes to the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats, with Bob Johnson being the latest casualty.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Johnson, the Labour council leader in Sheffield, lost his Hillsborough seat to the Green Party&#8217;s Christine Gilligan Kubo.<\/p>\n<p>Labour have lost council seats in Nether Edge and Sharrow, Hillsborough and West Ecclesfield to the other two parties with the Conservatives also seeing a massive increase in their vote share.<\/p>\n<p>More election coverage can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/election\/\">Sheffield Wire<\/a> as results emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it stands Labour looks set to lose control of Sheffield City Council as they bleed votes to the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats, with Bob Johnson being the latest casualty. 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