Friday 4 May 2007

Tories On Top

The Tories are back in power in Torbay.

The Liberal Democrats took a thumping as the Conservatives turned the political tables on them.The Tories, who pledged to work with Mayor Nick Bye, grabbed 14 new seats with the Lib-Dems overall losing 15 - one to an Independent.

The final tally, as the last result was announced after a double recount at 2.30am, was the Tories in control with 23 seats, the Lib-Dems on nine and Independent Julien Parrot.

Mayor Nick Bye said it was very important that he had councillors who are happy to work with him and put Torbay first.

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