In ‘red wall’ seats such as Rother Valley, residents are largely refusing to blame the Tory government for tough times
There are many sensible people in South Yorkshire who were certain Rother Valley would never elect a Conservative MP, certainly not while the miners’ strike remained in the collective consciousness.
Rother Valley held on to its pits for longer than most, with its final colliery, in Maltby, closing down only in 2013.
