An earthquake in the West Midlands as Andy Street’s hard-fought campaign comes to fruition:

Andy Street: 238,628
Siôn Simon: 234,862

In his victory speech, Street said the result marked the “rebirth of a new urban Conservative agenda“. You can read more about the loser, Labour’s Siôn Simon, here:

• Siôn Simon’s £1 Million Life on the Taxpayer
• Siôn Simon: Report Crimes to Mosques Not Police
• Probing Siôn Simon’s CV
• Siôn Simon’s Campaign Chief Resigns Over Hijab Scandal
• Siôn Simon Deletes Pro-Remain Statement from Website
• Siôn Simon’s Tech Jobs Hypocrisy

Siôn Simon blamed his loss on “millions” spent to defeat him, not mentioning that Unite withdrew financial support from him to punish Tom Watson…