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Local election results 2024 live: Labour sources say Richard Parker wins West Midlands - BBC News Local election results 2024 live: Conservatives lose West Midlands to Labour's Richard Parker - BBC News
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Nick Eardley Professor Sir John Curtice
Political correspondent Polling expert
The West Midlands result is a blow for the Conservatives. So what does it mean for the prime minister? In the most exciting and perhaps most important result of the last 48 hours, Labour has narrowly seized the West Midlands mayoralty from the grasp of incumbent Conservative Andy Street.
I’ve just asked a source close to Tory rebels. Their answer: "We’re still in the pub." This result will be deeply disappointing for Downing Street who were relying on not only winning the Tees Valley mayoralty to dispel some of the electoral gloom, but also to be able to trumpet Street's victory.
The context: they appear to have decided yesterday that despite the results, they weren’t going to try to bring down the PM. Instead, they went to the pub. In the event, Street's defeat has served to underline the size of the electoral black hole in which the Conservatives find themselves.
I suppose it is a Bank Holiday weekend.
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