Nottingham Post published Labour holds on to Gedling area seats in county elections

Gedling bucked the county and nationwide trend of Conservative success in today's county council elections by re-electing seven Labour candidates.As the votes began to be counted, the mood amongst the Labour candidates was uncertain, particularly considering the party's poor performance in the rest of the country.However although the result was close, with the Conservatives just 30 votes away from winning a third seat, Labour held on to all its seats.The result means the Conservatives fell short