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Andy Street ousted as mayor in West Midlands in major blow for Rishi Sunak after Tory losses in local elections [Video]

PM RISHI Sunak suffered a major blow last night after Tory big beast Andy Street was turfed out of office — in a knife-edge photo finish.

The former John Lewis boss lost the race to be re-elected West Midlands mayor by about just 1,000 votes out of a total population of around three million.

Andy Street was ousted in the West MidlandsCredit: Getty
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Sir Keir Starmer with Labour’s Claire Ward in MansfieldCredit: Reuters
Ballot papers being counted in BirminghamCredit: Getty

Labour’s Richard Parker scraped home with 225,590 votes to 224,082 for Mr Street.

The dramatic result came after recounts and amid scenes of chaos.

Mr Street was originally estimated to have lost by a few thousand votes, but after a tense series of recounts, extra votes were found for him.

Sources said counters who had clocked off for the night had to be summoned back from the …

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