From birmingham, in the midlands, very difficult to tell exactly what each of the main parties can take away from this. the cost of living is the key issue for everybody on the doorstep, taxes going up, inflation figures are soaring, and the bank of england, worryingly, hinting that it could be in recession by the end of the year. but it doesn t look yet as if we are seeing a clear picture of where voters are putting their trust in overall? , , ., , . overall? yes, it is a mixed picture, as inevitably overall? yes, it is a mixed picture, as inevitably these overall? yes, it is a mixed picture, as inevitably these local overall? yes, it is a mixed picture, as inevitably these local elections. as inevitably these local elections tend to be. you can always point to something that is good news, and they will probably be a fair bit of bad news as well for each party. the conservatives came out from the very beginning, talking about how they were looking at a bad night. they knew that
That is an interesting thing to see, the growth of the green vote on some of the more rural parts of the west midlands. finally, another interesting result. nuneaton, a little bit different in terms of the kind of people, nuneaton and bedworth, in north warwickshire, much closer to the redwall in terms of the people and the voters there. the conservatives doing much better. they took a seat from labour overnight. a bit of a mixed picture. some potential good news for labour in some areas, certainly not a massive sweeping in, a massive changing of the guard in the west midlands. . ~ changing of the guard in the west midlands. ., ~ , ., , . changing of the guard in the west midlands. . ~ , ., , . ., midlands. thank you very much for takint us midlands. thank you very much for taking us through midlands. thank you very much for taking us through what midlands. thank you very much for taking us through what is - midlands. thank you very much for taking us through what is a - midlands.
Area has three out of four mps as conservatives. in last year s local elections, from a position of zero, the conservatives took nine seats on sandwell council. talking to the conservatives in the run up to the election, they were still thinking they could make gains. as it turns out, that is not the case. we are still in the same position. labour might look on that as being some kind of positive news, because the conservatives, that tide has maybe been stemmed in those areas. in other parts of the region, we had an interesting result in lost overnight. that counsel, run by the conservatives with a majority of just one after they took four seats from labour in the last local elections, it has gone back to non overall control. some success for the greens. i know labour and the greens will be chatting about running it in coalition over the weekend. the greens having the balance of power on the council.