After a bruising set of local council results, the Tories had been pinning their hopes on incumbent Andy Street retaining the West Midlands. But he lost out by a margin of just 1,508 votes to Labour's Richard Parker, dealing a further blow to Rishi Sunak.
The dramatic West Midlands defeat - only confirmed after a nail-biting recount - rounded off a dismal set of results for the Conservatives with Ben Houchen in Tees Valley the party's only mayoral success out of 11 contests across England.
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