LABOUR were particularly disappointed to lose two seats in Toddbrook last May.

It really is one of their heartlands and you know it is the type of area in which they had done a lot of work.

There are two seats up again, due to the departure of Conservative councillor, Gareth Williams.

Back in 2019, the late Frances Mason took it by 350 votes. Back in 2015, Karen Clempner won by 450 votes.

With the Tories expecting a tough night, Labour could well hold one and gain one here.

We interviewed Tony Edwards last week. The other candidate is Daniella Pritchard. We haven’t seen Ms Pritchard out campaigning. She didn’t set the world on fire when she was a Bush Fair councillor but we understand this was an all-women’s shortlist and there wasn’t a long list of volunteers.

We also haven’t heard from both Conservative councillors either.

However, we have heard from Green Party candidate Julie Taylor who was a key part fo the Save The Stort campaign and has been a very active part of the Green machine.

YH Prediction: Labour Hold and Labour Gain

Toddbrook

Tony Edwards (Labour)

Emma Ghaffari (Conservative)

Emma Hellett (Conservative)

Daniella Pritchard (Labour)

Julie Taylor (Green)