Green Party candidate Mustafa Ahmed pulled out a Palestinian flag and led chants of “Free Palestine” as he was announced as the winner in the Burngrave ward of the city.

“A local election in South Yorkshire should be won or lost on domestic policy - on housing, social care, bins, potholes, schools and the day-to-day concerns of the residents a councillor is elected to serve,” a LLAA spokesman said.

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