Conservative Andy Street's bid to be re-elected West Midlands mayor 'too close to call'

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The battle for West Midlands mayor is down to the wire after a recount of votes was ordered. The outcome of the contest is critical to Rishi Sunak after a hammering in the local elections, which saw the Conservative Party lose more than half of its councillors who stood for re-election across England. Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in the Electoral Dysfunction podcast said the rebels who want to move against Mr Sunak and change leader "would have a huge amount of fuel" if the party lost "one or other or both of Teeside and West Midlands".