Labour gets a 'kicking' in Nottinghamshire election as Conservatives take total control of council Some areas, including Arnold, managed to avoid the catastrophic performance of the Labour party Sam Smith, who was elected as Conservative Councillor for Newark East Never miss another Mansfield story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice It was a day to forget for the Labour Party as the Tories took overall control of the county council following a four-year coalition with the Mansfield Independents.