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Sunak's silver lining: Live from Tees Valley as Tories hammered in local elections
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Rob Parsons reports from a sports hall in the town of Thornaby-on-Tees - where he's witnessed perhaps the only bright spot for Rishi Sunak in what was a miserable local and mayoral election night for his Conservative Party.
The Tories look to be on course to lose 500 local election seats in what could be their worst showing in 40 years. They were thrashed in the Blackpool South by-election and even managed to lose the mayoral race in Rishi Sunak's backyard in North Yorkshire.
But there was a silver lining in the form of Ben Houchen, described by many as the poster-boy for Conservatism in the North of England, who was re-elected mayor of the Tees Valley region but saw his majority over Labour dramatically cut, securing almost 82,000 votes compared with the 63,000 votes received by Labour’s Chris McEwan.
Rob hears directly from Lord Houchen after his victory and watches a remarkable confrontation between the mayor and one of his main critics, journalist Richard Brooks of Private Eye.
There's also voice notes from local journalists Joseph Timan in Greater Manchester and Susan Newton at the Blackpool South by-election.
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