What does the Lib Dem defeat mean for Sheffield? Our experts run the rule over the new political landscape.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that the Liberal Democrats had taken a “real knock”, as voters spilled their anger with the coalition’s cuts on his party.

Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman made a special visit to Sheffield today to congratulate the local Labour party for their victory in yesterday’s local council elections.

A quick scanning of social media shows that yesterday’s elections were a disaster for Nick Clegg’s political career and popularity. Labour took control of nine seats from the Liberal Democrats giving them the majority control in Sheffield.

Whether the “Alternative Vote” (AV) will replace the current “First Past the Post” (FPTP) system? The result will be declared from the late afternoon from 4 pm, according to the Electoral Commission.

What a night to be a Labour supporter in Sheffield after the party gained nine seats to gain control of the council.

The voters’ decisive rejection of the Liberal Democrats in Sheffield was a “harsh” verdict on the party, according to the city’s Lib Dem leader.

Was the surprisingly low-turnout a contributing factor to Lib Dem’s massive
losses in Sheffield this year? Is Clegg-pneumonia, as David Blunkett coined
it earlier, a contributor to general voter apathy?

The Green party in Sheffield experienced mixed fortunes in Thursday’s elections – holding onto one key seat, but failing in another where they were highly fancied.