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The recount in the West Midlands mayoral race shows the Conservatives have done "extremely well" in "core Labour territory", local MP Andrew Mitchell says. Professor Sir John Curtice
Ballots are being counted again in Coventry, one of seven areas that make up the region, and the vote is believed to be close-run between Conservative incumbent Andy Street and Labour's Richard Parker. Polling expert
Mitchell, who represents the Birmingham seat So far in the local authorities where results have been declared, the swing from Conservative to Labour is 3.8% - somewhat short of the 4.5% overall swing that Labour needs to win the contest.
of Sutton Coldfield, tells BBC News that “on any objective basis Labour would win this If Labour is to win, they will need to secure a swing of 5.45% in the two remaining counts yet to declare - Coventry and Sandwell.
mayoralty by miles and miles”. However, the swing was above that in three of the five local authority areas which have now declared.
“If Andy Street is This probably helps to explain why the Conservatives are hoping that a recount in Coventry might yet enable Andy Street to remain in office.
even in contention here, that is a very good result for the Conservative Party,” he says.
When it is put to him that the Conservative Party brand had not featured heavily in Street's campaign literature, Mitchell says many voted for him “because
he was Andy Street and because he was a Conservative”.
Asked whether he
expects it to be a long night while recounts are carried out, he replies: “I
think it may be”.
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