The Mansfield MP and leader of Nottinghamshire County Council lost out to Labour's Claire Ward
The leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has said a vote urging him to resign is intended to “rub his nose” in his mayoral election defeat. Councillor Ben Bradley lost the East Midlands Mayoral election to Claire Ward last week.
“Over the past few years, the Conservative administration who run this Council have had one aim and objective; that being to get the current leader of this Council elected as the Mayor of the East Midlands’ Combined Authority at the expense of providing a good level of service across all departments of this Council.
“We have a very clear constitution within the council that says the leader of the largest group is the leader of the council. On Wednesday, the Conservative group will reconfirm this. By the time we get to the AGM, this question will have been asked and answered. On Tuesday, Cllr Keith Girling , the council’s cabinet member for economic development, said Cllr Bradley had the Conservative group’s full support.
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