The full results:
DACRES Brenda - Labour and Co-operative Party - 21,576
HAMILTON John Nicholas - Workers Party of Britain (WPB) - 2,378
HERRON Michael - The Green Party - 6,835
LONG Nick - Independent - 917
MAINES Chris - Liberal Democrats - 4,896
MARTIN Maureen Maud - Christian Peoples Alliance - 1,233
QADAR Siama - Local Conservatives - 3,784
Turn out: 20.74%
So a fifth of the borough voted, we remain a one party state.
All a Mayor does is cost the borough further administration costs the borough can ill afford with the Mayor on £80K, so in perspective that is 50 households council tax to pay the salary, disgraceful.
Question - how long will the incumbent serve before they follow the last incumbent who quit to climb the greasy political ladder in Westminster?
First job for the new incumbent is to set the Council tax actoss bands A-G, waiting with baited breath, NOT.