Tactical voting delivers only a near-victory for party in council election in the traditionally Conservative Berkshire stronghold
In true-blue Berkshire, the skies were a prophetic grey on Friday as the Liberal Democrats were a whisker away from winning Wokingham.
The district, where the veteran Tory MP John Redwood and the former prime minister Theresa May hold their parliamentary seats, has long been a Conservative stronghold. Redwood’s constituency has returned a Tory MP since its creation in 1885.