Labour victories in key UK mayoral polls deal fresh blow to Sunak

LONDON -Britain's Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's unpopular Conservatives ahead of a national election due later this year.

Conservative West Midlands Mayor Andy Street lost to his Labour opponent Richard Parker. Street's 37.5% of the vote was eclipsed by 37.8% for Parker, a razor-thin margin translating to 1,508 votes. Starmer said the result was beyond Labour's expectations."People across the country have had enough of Conservative chaos and decline and voted for change with Labour," he said in a statement.

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