LABOUR'S surprise landslide victory in the local elections has led to the demise of a second political group.

The party last week took 17 of the 20 Stoke-on-Trent City Council seats being contested to take its tally to 26 members.

The gains saw the end of Stoke-on-Trent Independent Group.

The Potteries Alliance group has now folded with the loss of East Valley's Geoff Knight.

Former group leader councillor Peter Kent-Baguley, does not intend to rebuild the group.

He joked: "I will be independent and slide quietly into oblivion, which I think is where a lot of people at the council want me."