Rishi who? Tory Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen fails to mention PM Sunak in re-election victory speech and says he could 'absolutely' work with Keir Starmer as PM - as Boris Johnson ally 'forgets' to wear blue Conservative rosette at poll count

Lord Houchen was forced to deny he was 'pretending I'm not Conservative' after he held onto his mayoralty in on of the few bright spots for the party.

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