It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva
For labour, its the man who saw woke. Its a wonder he sleeps. Benjamin butterworth in the blue corner, trying to find some gloom among the wreckage. Its. Ill be. Rishi can still win this amankona. And in the spoilt ballot. I couldnt give a fig about any of them. Its the one and only ben. Leo trying to bnng and only ben. Leo trying to bring a bit of sanity to proceedings and making her debut on the show, i finally got another durham dynamo in the form of fleur meston. And of course we want to know your views as well. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay vie. And dont forget all your questions. They need to come in thick and fast for our ask the five segment, where you can ask us anything. But before we start tearing each other apart, its your saturday night news with sam francis. Sam francis. Darren. Thank you and very good evening to you. Its just gone 6 00 and well start with the latest developments in the local elections and to london, where labours
Finished the final election result for tonight being declared tomorrow. Those remaining results will follow with seven contests to be announced. London, the West Midlands, greater manchester, west yorkshire, liverpool , south west yorkshire, liverpool, South Yorkshire and in salford. In yorkshire and in salford. In other news, the family of murdered schoolboy alfie lewis have thanked him for making them smile every day. He was stabbed to death by another schoolboy outside a Primary School in leeds last november. The teenager, who cant be named, was 14 at the time of that attack. He claimed he was scared for his life when he pulled out the weapon, but that was disputed by prosecutors. A disputed by prosecutors. A former solicitor has been sentenced today to more than seven and a half years in jail for running what the judge described as a deceptive immigration scheme. Flora immigration scheme. Flora mendez, from luton, made up fake addresses in Grenfell Tower and charged victims £2,800
The general election will prove positive for his party. Keir starmer came here twice, Rachel Reeves came here three times. But even they couldnt dislodge ben and the fantastic conservative team , right. And conservative team, right. And they also threw a lot of mud. It needs to be said in this election because they were angry. Angry that ben has delivered more for this region in seven years than labour Party Managed in 30 years. Well, lets take one final look tonight at the latest council results from across england. Counting has now finished the final election result for tonight being declared tomorrow. Those remaining results will follow with seven contests to be announced. London, the West Midlands, greater manchester, west yorkshire, liverpool , south west yorkshire, liverpool, South Yorkshire and in salford. In yorkshire and in salford. In other news, the family of murdered schoolboy alfie lewis have thanked him for making them smile every day. He was stabbed to death by another s