 The Liberal Democrats won seats back from the Conservatives in the new Hoe Valley ward, and defeated Conservative incumbents in Goldsworth Park and St Johns, while Labour took all three seats in Canalside, where the council was taking forward a controversial redevelopment scheme.In the Mount Hermon ward, Conservative councillor Carl Thomson and Liberal Democrat Liam Lyons both lost their seats, with 22 votes separating the second and fourth placed candidates.As a result of the election, long-standing council leader Councillor John Kingsbury faced a vote of confidence from the Conservative group, but was ultimately nominated for another year as leader after no other candidate emerged.