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Local election results 2024 live: London mayor and West Midlands race being counted - BBC News Local election results 2024 live: London mayor and West Midlands race being counted - BBC News
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Chris Mason Rajini Vaidyanathan
Political editor Reporting from Birmingham
Hello from me over in Birmingham, where it looks like all the counting has already finished. Here at the
There are about half a dozen count centres around the region and there won’t be a formal result until they’re all done. International Convention Centre in the middle of Birmingham, counting has now
Both the Conservatives and Labour claim the result here is "on a knife edge" but it’s Labour who are sounding more pessimistic. finished.
A Conservative win here - a victory for Andy Street - would be a helpful psychological fillip for Rishi Sunak. For hours staff sat at trestle tables loaded with black
We're expecting a result at 14:30. Stay tuned . boxes, sifting through piles of yellow ballot papers. Now they – and
we wait – for that final result.
It’s one of the most anticipated results of these elections. Conservative incumbent Andy Street - who has somewhat
distanced himself from the national party through this campaign - is hoping he
can secure a third term.
Labour’s Richard Parker is hoping to pull off a big
coup for his party by unseating “Brand Andy”.
Sources close to Andy Street
tell me this race is “genuinely too close to call”. It’s a similar mantra
from Labour here who say, "this is neck and neck".
The result is key for both
PM Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
For Sunak it could be a bright spot
after some disappointing results - for Starmer a win in this key region ahead
of a general election would give his party further momentum as we head towards
a general election.
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