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  • Updates from Monday 26 May to Sunday 31 May

  1. Tory takeover of council 'fantastic' says leaderpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Olivia Lyons hails win as Conservatives take 12 of the 13 wards up for contention.

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  2. Only one gain so far in Rugby Borough Council electionspublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    In the Rugby Borough Council elections, there's not been much change from the status quo.

    It is a Conservative-held authority, and had 15 seats up for election.

    In the declarations so far, most of the parties have held on to their seats, except in the Newbold and Brownsover ward, which was a Tory gain.

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  3. Mayoral vote goes to second roundpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The West Mids Mayoral election is going to another round, to allow second preference votes to be counted.

    The Conservative candidate Andy Street achieved 49% of the vote with 299, 318 votes.

    Labour's Liam Byrne got 40% of the vote with 244, 009.

    With Street failing to get to 50 per cent of the vote share, it goes to the second preference.

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  4. Strong support for Andy Street in Solihullpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The votes are in from the Solihull count in the West Midlands Mayor election and Andy Street has had a comfortable win there too.

    He received 41,664 votes to Liam Byrne's 9,515 for Labour.

  5. Results starting to point towards Conservative mayor winpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Kathryn Stanczyszyn
    Political Reporter, BBC Radio WM

    As more results come in, it's starting to look like the Conservatives will win the West Midlands Mayor election.

    As we said earlier, Labour led in the Birmingham count and they're ahead in Sandwell too - but only by around 5,000 votes.

    And that should be a strong Labour area.

    Andy Street has won the Wolverhampton and Walsall races by 2,795 votes and 15,123 votes respectively.

    So it's going to be close, but this could still be decided on the first ballot preferences.

    Andy StreetImage source, Getty Images
  6. Rotheram re-elected as Liverpool City Region mayorpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Labour's Steve Rotheram, who was elected as the area's first metro mayor in 2017, retains his post.

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  7. Mayoral election: Labour lead the way in Birminghampublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    We've got the results in for the Birmingham count in the West Midlands Mayor elections - and Labour are in the lead.

    Their candidate, Liam Byrne, leads the Conservative Andy Street by 102,276 votes to 84,817.

    But that's just one of the counts going on, and results elsewhere could turn that on its head.

    Liam ByrneImage source, Labour Party
  8. Turnout up for mayoral electionpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    We've had the turnout figures in for the West Midlands Mayor and West Midands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections - and they're both up on last time.

    The mayoral turnout was 31.2%, up from 26.7% in 2017.

    And the PCC turnout was very similar - 31.02%, up from 27.7% in 2016.

  9. Tories take control of city councilpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The Conservative party has taken the majority on Worcester City Council.

    The party went into this election with a total of 15 seats, which it increased by three, giving it control of the council by one seat.

    Meanwhile the Labour party added to its disappointment from across the West Midlands by losing four seats.

  10. A close race in the West Midlandspublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Elizabeth Glinka
    Political Editor, BBC Midlands

    It's a very tight race for the West Midlands mayor, but there's still a possibility that Conservative incumbent Andy Street will win on first preferences.

    He started the race by seeking to put distance between himself and central government, but as the Conservative's popularity became clear, he began to emphasise his access to No 10.

    For Labour, not getting into a second round would be a huge blow. Liam Byrne, a former cabinet minister, was thought to be a strong candidate. But Labour's support is centred in metropolitan Birmingham, which unlike the Black Country and the rest of the region, didn't have council elections alongside the mayoral vote this week, which isn't going to boost their turnout.

    We should get a result this afternoon.

  11. Andy Street arrives at mayoral election countpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The incumbent West Midlands Mayor has arrived at Birmingham's count.

    The election looks set to be decided on voters' first preferences, with the potential for a result at 14:00.

    The region's mayor represents around 2.8 million people across seven local council areas - constituent members of the West Midlands Combined Authority - Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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  12. First result in from Rugbypublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The first results are coming in from Rugby Borough Council.

    In Coton and Boughton Ward its a Conservative hold, while in Benn Ward there's a Labour hold.

    The council is currently Tory led and there are 15 seats up for election.

    We're expecting the full results for the council later today.

  13. When will we get the result of the mayoral vote?published at 10:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Kathryn Stanczyszyn
    Political Reporter, BBC Radio WM

    So when will we get a result in the West Midlands mayoral election?

    There was speculation that yesterday’s blue sweep could mean a very good day for the Conservative candidate Andy Street and he could possibly even win it from first preference votes.

    Fellow-Conservative Ben Adams won the Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner vote without the need to look at second preference votes yesterday.

    But it was very close in the mayoral vote last time around.

  14. First few Shropshire results declared overnightpublished at 09:44 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Some counting has already been done in Shropshire and we had the first 13 results late last night.

    There were seven Conservatives elected, four Labour candidates and two Greens.

    Yesterday there was talk a couple of senior Conservatives, including council leader Peter Nutting, could be at risk.

    We'll find out if those rumours were true when we get the results from the count at Shrewsbury Sports Village.

    Shrewsbury Sports VillageImage source, Google
  15. Flags give chance to 'grieve for those we've lost'published at 07:54 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    In Memoriam art installation remembers Covid-19 victims and NHS pandemic heroes.

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  16. Museum poised to reopen after widespread vandalismpublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    About £40,000 has been donated to the museum after windows were broken and artefacts smashed.

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  17. Council leader 'ecstatic' to extend Tory majoritypublished at 22:13 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Conservative group leader Matt Dormer says the party has seen some "really convincing" results.

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  18. Conservative Ben Adams is new Staffordshire PFCCpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Mr Adams takes over from fellow Conservative Matthew Ellis, who had held the role since 2012.

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  19. Bears and Pears evenly poised in derbypublished at 19:31 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Michael Burgess completes his maiden Warwickshire century but Worcestershire fight back with the bat on day two at Edgbaston.

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  20. Cows delay trains after invading stationpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Services were unable to moo-ve after cows trotted along railway lines.

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