Your trust in me, and this region. Thank you. You have put yourtrust in me, and i this region. Thank you. You have put your trust in me, and i will repay that trust. I will deliver for you and your family. That trust. I will deliver for you and yourfamily. I promise you that trust. I will deliver for you and your family. I promise you that i will deliverjobs. We will fix our public transport system. We will build the homes you need. And we will give this region the fresh start it richly deserves. Andy street, whod been hoping to hold on as conservative mayor, says his loss is no surprise. It caps off a bleak set of results for the tories. Ultimately we didnt persuade enough people ultimately we didnt persuade enough people to ultimately we didnt persuade enough people to go out and put their cross in the people to go out and put their cross in the right people to go out and put their cross in the right box on thursday, and im not in the right box on thursday, and im not going to be slo
Proud that we answered Fear Mongering with facts. Hate with hope. And attempts to divide with efforts to unite. We ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city. Lets get some analysis on the results that have come throughout the day. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. Ican explain i can explain a bit more about what has happened in london. This was a big win. It was notjust a win for sadiq khan, it would have been a big upset if he had not won. But it was the extent of the wind that will really study calm and labour party. These the numbers. 270,000 votes more than susan hall of the Conservatives. A few months ago, the Conservatives. A few months ago, the Conservatives thought they were in with a chance of taking this. They got nowhere near it in the end. Let me show you how the vote has changed since last time. It has gone in labour s favour. The gap has got bigger. What the tories were hoping was that they could start to
Street and his labour rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering this is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. So where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightforward, chris, isnt it . We didnt persuade enough people across the West Midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. Ive always said it was my campaign and we didnt get over the line. Bluntly, is rishi sunak to blame . No, this was my campaign. Idid it. The famous words. I did it my way, and it was always going to be
Rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering. This is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. Where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightforward, chris, isnt it . We didnt persuade enough people across the West Midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. Ive always said it was my campaign and we didnt get over the line. Very straightforward. Bluntly, is Rishi Sunakto blame . No, this was my campaign. Idid it. The famous words. I did it my way, and it was always going to be li
We ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city. 0ur Political Correspondent leila nathoo gave us this update from city hall following the announcement. If you look all the way through the campaign, the Opinion Polls were always in sadiq khans favour and evenif always in sadiq khans favour and even if you remember that the results didnt actually get started counting until this morning, so any speculation was really wildly off the mark so counting started this morning but as soon as the first results came in, it was very clear that sadiq khan was looking in a pretty good place because he had already proved in the first two boroughs that he was capable of attracting more votes to the labour party than he did last time. As the day went on, and more constituencies declared, it was pretty obvious sadiq khan had actually increased his support and won a very comfortable victory. It would have been a hailjab set i think if susan hall had got anywhere near cl