{"id":2346,"date":"2009-06-06T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2009-06-06T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T18:21:46","slug":"a-good-night-for-essex-lib-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/a-good-night-for-essex-lib-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Night For Essex Lib Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lib Dems gained four county council seats in Thursday&#8217;s elections &#8211; winning two from the Conservatives in <a href=\"http:\/\/brentwood-ongarlibdems.org.uk\/news\/000175\/brentwood_elects_two_lib_dem_county_councillors.html\">Brentwood<\/a>, one from the Conservatives in Epping, and one from Colchester.<\/p>\n<p>Overall in Essex<\/p>\n<p>The Conservatives went from 50 seats to 60<br \/>\nThe Lib Dems went from 8 to 12<br \/>\nLabour went from 13 down to just 1<\/p>\n<p>There are also 2 independents.<\/p>\n<p>So the Liberal Democrats are now the official opposition party in Essex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lib Dems gained four county council seats in Thursday&#8217;s elections &#8211; winning two from the Conservatives in Brentwood, one from the Conservatives in Epping, and one from Colchester. 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