parker, richard, labouring cooperative party, two to. was a result that will send a shadow to conservatives. the conservative shadow to conservatives. the conservative party shadow to conservatives. lie: conservative party candidate, due to four, 08 labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race, 1508 votes, a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people, one of the conservative high profile metro mayors andy street, toppled. the labour leader there to celebrate. the labour leader there to celebrate. , ,., celebrate. the message here, the last elections celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, - celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, the . the last elections now, the last the last elections now, the last stop before the general election, is the country wants change election, is the country wants change i election, is the country wants change. i hope the prime ministers listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote the opp
let s speak to our scotland political correspondent, jenni davidson. jennl jenni, for those of us that don t follow the politics of scotland that much, who is this activist?- follow the politics of scotland that much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track record of- has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. he is a former lawyer. last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. and quite memorably, he also described the snp s independence policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean i m not quite sure. so we have been hearing reports in the last couple of days that graeme mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leader
it is once again going to feel pretty warm. i will have all of the details very shortly. it s 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 region s 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 party s worst ever performances in this week s 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
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, that s 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 labour s policy on gaza. still didn t stop them winning, just. have a look at how the rates have changed. the conservative vote went right down. labour s 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