Local elections can be bruising affairs, writes the Conservative MP for Mid Buckinghamshire Greg Smith. With the question of who runs local services on the ballot paper, many still cast their votes around issues of national sentiment.

I want to start by thanking everyone across Buckinghamshire who took the time to vote in the local elections. The results for my Party were disappointing across the whole country. We are in the process of renewal, acknowledging what we got wrong over recent years that led to our........

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