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| Andy Street elected West Midlands mayor | |
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| The former John Lewis boss Andy Street has won the West Midlands mayoral race for the Conservatives in a Labour heartland, the latest in a series of blows for Jeremy Corbyn’s party in local election results across the country. | The former John Lewis boss Andy Street has won the West Midlands mayoral race for the Conservatives in a Labour heartland, the latest in a series of blows for Jeremy Corbyn’s party in local election results across the country. |
| Street beat Labour’s Sion Simon, the former MP in Erdington, after he secured substantial majorities in Dudley and Solihull. | Street beat Labour’s Sion Simon, the former MP in Erdington, after he secured substantial majorities in Dudley and Solihull. |
| Street won 238,628 votes and Simon 234,862. | Street won 238,628 votes and Simon 234,862. |
| Second-preference votes were taken into account under the supplementary voting system after Street won the first round but neither candidate secured a 50% majority. | Second-preference votes were taken into account under the supplementary voting system after Street won the first round but neither candidate secured a 50% majority. |
| Street – whose high-profile campaign is reported to have cost about £1m – gave up his £800,000-a-year career to take part in the race for the mayor of the West Midlands combined authority. It became the most closely fought contest in the country, with turnout figures higher than expected at more than 26%. | Street – whose high-profile campaign is reported to have cost about £1m – gave up his £800,000-a-year career to take part in the race for the mayor of the West Midlands combined authority. It became the most closely fought contest in the country, with turnout figures higher than expected at more than 26%. |
| However, it was the sixth worst turnout of the country’s eight mayoral elections. Cambridge and Peterborough was top with 33.6%. | However, it was the sixth worst turnout of the country’s eight mayoral elections. Cambridge and Peterborough was top with 33.6%. |
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