Tories Win Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoralty – Guido Fawkes

Tories Win Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoralty

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Former Tory MP Paul Bristow has been elected as the new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The results are:

• Con: 60,243 (28.4%)
• Reform: 49,647 (23.4%)
• Labour: 42,671 (20.1%)
• LibDems: 41,611 (19.6%)
• Green: 18,255 (8.6%)

CCHQ will be sighing with relief…

UPDATE: A Tory spokesman says: “On a very difficult night, this is a significant win for the Conservative Party. Labour previously held this mayoralty and won two new MPs in the region last year, so for Paul to win today shows how Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives are already making inroads into the Labour vote. Coming on the back of losing the previously safe Labour seat of Runcorn, as well as council seats in regions with large numbers of Labour MPs, this result is likely to increase concerns in Labour over Keir Starmer’s faltering leadership.”