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.

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.

Former Home Secretary David Blunkett laid into the Liberal Democrats today and fellow Sheffield MP Nick Clegg, hailing the end of “Cleggmania”.

A Liberal Democrat council candidate, Neil Hamilton has been found dead after spending the day campaigning in the north east of England.

Labour claimed a landslide in the local elections in Sheffield early today taking control of the city council, as the Liberal Democrats paid a heavy price for their support for the coalition government.