Follow all the latest elections developments in theAndy Street dramatically lost the West Midlands mayor battle last night in a body blow for Rishi Sunak .
The failure of the former John Lewis boss to secure a third term is a huge setback for the PM, and leaves him with almost nothing to cling to from a nightmare set of local elections.Rebels immediately warned that the 'game-changing' defeat meant Mr Sunak could now face a fresh bid to oust him - although other MPs reiterated their view it was too late.
'Despite all the highly positive private spin from No10 to Tory MPs since Thursday, we've lost well over 400 council seats, Andy Street has lost, Susan Hall has been defeated in London,' they said. England Local England Mayoral London Assembly London Mayoral Police & Crime Ex-Cabinet minister Simon Clarke, a public critic of Mr Sunak, reportedly posted on a Tory WhatsApp group after the news broke: 'These results are awful, and should be a massive wake up call.'
'People know Rishi has improved things, so let's stick with him and not let Kier take credit for Tories improving things over next six months,' they added. The battle for West Midlands mayor had been due to declare at 3pm, but went into extra time with both sides saying it was 'too close to call'. Labour tied up more expected victories today, with Steve Rotheram re-elected as Liverpool City Region Mayor after securing a landslide 68 per cent of the vote.
'The fact Labour is not winning in places that they admit themselves they need for a majority, shows that Keir Starmer's lack of plan and vision is hurting them,' he said. The election expert told the BBC: 'There is nothing in these results to suggest contrary to the opinion polls that the Conservatives are actually beginning to narrow the gap on Labour, and that so far at least, Rishi Sunak's project which has tried to recover from the disaster – from the Conservatives' point of view – of the Liz Truss fiscal event, that project has still got very little to show for it.
On a visit to Mansfield this morning, Keir Starmer insisted he is 'confident' that Mr Khan can keep control of City Hall Mr Sunak suffered a blow in his own back yard as Labour took the York and North Yorkshire mayor post.
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