The Labour candidate successfully unseated Andy Street on Saturday, winning by 1,508 votes and ending the Tory’s seven-year stint in the region.
Labour ’s West Midlands mayor, Richard Parker, is originally from Bristol and was raised by a dock worker and school secretary.He went on to get a degree in economics before becoming a public finance accountant and joining the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1989.
He eventually worked his way up to become a partner at PwC in 2006 and the company’s lead on housing and communities.
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