JANET Reed lost her seat on both the district and town councils at the local elections on Thursday.

And the 76-year-old councillor admitted: “I have to say I half expected it. I would not change from being a Conservative and I didn’t expect to win.”

Janet had been a town councillor for 12 years and a district councillor for eight.

“Bob (Bowrah) was going to stand at Rockwell but, of course, he couldn’t. He knew that so he told me to have a go. But my heart was not in it, really.

“I can find plenty to do without being a councillor. Sadly, we have lost some good people with business heads. This is definitely the end of my council work.”