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Close indeed

Confirmed: Labour wins West Midlands mayoral election

225,590 Richard Parker
224,082 Andy Street
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Margin could be as low as 1,000 in West Midlands. But Labour confident they’ve won.

Huge moment in these local elections

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BREAKING: Labour sources say they have won West Midlands mayoral election

A nugget as we wait.

Labour romped the council result in Sandwell on Thursday. They 64 seats to the Conservatives 5.

Not the same race as mayoral one, but interesting context.

One result left to come in West Midlands. It's a on knife edge. Labour need to win Sandwell by 11,456 votes...

Swing so far means that is possible. We'll have the full break down as soon as result comes in BBC News (UK)

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Confirmed: Labour wins London

Third term for Sadiq Khan

Celtic looking strong in Glasgow East results so far

BBC calling London for Sadiq Khan

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Here’s why. Results so far show swing from conservative to Labour.

Labour sources calling London mayoralty for Sadiq Khan

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London so far is a swing from Conservatives to Labour of 4.8%

Swing needed to be other way for upset

That’s v good news for Sadiq Khan and really suggests he’s on course to win

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First London result in and it’s good news for Sadiq khan.

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This message reflected among Labour teams at counts btw.

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Are Labour optimistic about London?

Starmer this morning on Sadiq Khan: “I’m confident he’s got another term of delivery ahead of him”.

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What will a John Swinney leadership mean for the SNP’s political fortunes?

We’re back at the big screen today with more local election results.

London and West Midlands results both expected this afternoon.

Here’s the big picture with English councils this morning

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