Local elections 2024 - results as they happened: Labour takes dramatic victory in West Midlands after Khan win
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Labour gain - West Midlands mayoralty
It’s been confirmed - in a lairy declaration Richard Parker has ousted Andy Street in the West Midlands in a monumental result. Rishi Sunak and senior Conservatives had pinned their hopes on Street and Ben Houchen in the Tees Valley getting re-elected. However after a recount, Parker has defeated Street by around 1,000 votes.
When I visited the Black Country last month, colleagues at the Express and Star thought Street would win. They said Parker had run a low profile campaign, and thought the Tory candidate’s name recognition would see him through. Only yesterday, Labour sources were briefing they had lost this race, by leaking votes to the pro-Gaza independent candidate. So it’s been quite a turnaround for Parker. This is really the icing on the cake for Labour in the local elections, and a huge blow for Sunak.
Richard Parker pays tribute to Andy Street
New Labour mayor Richard Parker has paid tribute to Andy Street. In a gracious acceptance speech, he said: “Thank you to Andy, you’ve led this region through a number of great challenges and you deserve credit for that. You deserve credit for building up the combined authority to the powerhouse it is today, through the economic shocks and leading this region when it came out of Covid.
“You’ve been out there representing our region, and I absolutely believe that while our politics are different we both have the best interests of the West Midlands at heart.”
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Final results
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