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In the end, he came from behind to win by just 1,508 votes following the final count in the borough of Sandwell.But he was unable to defy the national swing against the Conservatives, which has seen the party lose nearly 500 councillors and a raft of Tory-run councils.stance on the Middle East had cost them the West Midlands mayoralty as disenchanted supporters backed the pro-Gaza independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob.
The West Midlands result will pile more pressure on Sunak, who appears to be leading the Tories to an inevitable general election defeat.said: “These results are awful, and should be a massive wake up call. If we fight the same campaign in a few months, we will get the same outcome. “I love our party and want it to succeed. We do ourselves and the people who need us a massive disservice if we cling on to a handful of individual successes and nonsense like the hung Parliament forecast rather than looking at the true situation.”HuffPost UK Daily Brief
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