The new mayor of the East Midlands has vowed to address the region’s “massive challenges” after being elected in an historic poll. Labour’s Claire Ward was elected on Friday, May 3, with a 40 per cent share of the total number of votes cast across the region. The Labour Party’s victory in the East Midlands was replicated across the country, with the Conservative Party’s council seat losses numbered in the hundreds. Ben Bradley, the current leader of Nottinghamshire County Council and Mansfield’s Conservative MP, was left “disappointed” with the result and said his campaign had been up against …