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It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political CorrespondentDamian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour a ....
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva ....