Earlier today, the Prime Minister suffered the indignity of seeing of seeing a Labour mayor win in his own constituency as the party hemorrhaged councils and seats.
As he tries to fend off a fresh coup bid from Tory rebels, Rishi Sunak admitted that results so far were disappointing but insisted Keir Starmer had still not sealed the deal.
Rishi Sunak is hunkering down for a grim day as results continue to flow in, with experts warning the Conservatives are on track for their worst showing in 40 years.
Labour s David Skaith became the inaugural elected mayor of York and North Yorkshire this afternoon, a new position that covers the Prime Minister s Richmond constituency.