Local elections 2022: Wandsworth - jewel in Tory crown - snatched by Labour after more than four decades

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The Conservatives' flagship borough and Margaret Thatcher's favourite council falls into the hands of opponents for the first time since 1978, with the cost of living crisis, partygate and the Commons porn scandal being blamed.

But now it's back to the 70s for Wandsworth's voters, with the council under Labour rule for the first time since 1978.Back in 1978, Ipswich Town - now in football's League One, won the FA Cup, defeating Arsenal in the final.Graphic below shows overall picture in EnglandRates - which preceded the doomed poll tax and the council tax - were low, services privatised and the council was a beacon for her policies.

, and senior Tory MPs Christopher Chope and Paul Beresford before they entered Parliament and became government ministers.'Porn MP scandal played part' in Tory defeat The victorious Labour leader Simon Hogg also said voters raised partygate and the cost of living and Boris Johnson's unpopularity. But while it looked like a nail biter at the start of the count, it soon became clear that the Tories were fearing defeat.The glum faces of those with blue rosettes suddenly began to contrast with the increasingly upbeat mood of those wearing red.

 

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Nodoubt soon to be following Croydon, in the bankruptcy stakes.🤔😁🤣🤣

Bad night for them overall though. Not cutting through, Partygate looks like a major tactical error.

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