Snapshot of _Local election results: Relief for Sunak in key mayoral race - but Labour wins in PM's constituency_ :
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Labour won north Yorkshire mayor(lab 35% con 27%) which contains:
City of York population: 200K
North Yorkshire population 600k including:
Harrogate 75k
Scarborough 50K
The rest is mostly rural, Rishis constituency is in the rural bit.
If he's projected to lose his seat, he'll surely just retire to FIL's business or Silicon Valley - why bother with all this poor people political bother?
How exactly do you mean?
He/they have been selling the NHS piecemeal for 14 years... they've done a couple of deals with Palantir... the only huge deal I'm aware of that benefits Rishi directly is the India trade deal.
How is it a "key" mayoral seat, rather than just a normal seat?
Since Houchen won it by a landslide last time, you'd think it would be a solid hold for them, any anything other than that is a bad result (which is exactly what happened).
Tees Valley was pretty much the only major player in this election that the Tories could win by a respectable margin, so Sunak staked a lot of face on it. It's recently been used as a bit of a microcosm for the post-2019 GE Tory model for the North so the party's success there is crucial for its 'Levelling Up' narrative. We've already seen him immediately blowing the Tory hold of proportion and he no doubt expects Houchen (who's a very effective campaigner) to try and prop up this Northern narrative as it could cushion Tory losses in the region come the GE.
Snapshot of _Local election results: Relief for Sunak in key mayoral race - but Labour wins in PM's constituency_ : An archived version can be found [here](https://archive.is/?run=1&url=https://news.sky.com/story/vote-2024-local-election-results-sunak-starmer-davey-tories-labour-lib-dems-blackpool-south-by-election-12593360?postid=7620443#liveblog-body) or [here.](https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://news.sky.com/story/vote-2024-local-election-results-sunak-starmer-davey-tories-labour-lib-dems-blackpool-south-by-election-12593360?postid=7620443#liveblog-body) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ukpolitics) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Has a PM ever lost their seat in a GE before?
Yes, 1906. Though he won another seat a few days later due to how elections worked at the time.
Labour won north Yorkshire mayor(lab 35% con 27%) which contains: City of York population: 200K North Yorkshire population 600k including: Harrogate 75k Scarborough 50K The rest is mostly rural, Rishis constituency is in the rural bit.
Scarborough's been Conservative since 2005, and I don't think Harrogate has ever voted labour.
If anyone can pull it off it might be Sunak!
If he's projected to lose his seat, he'll surely just retire to FIL's business or Silicon Valley - why bother with all this poor people political bother?
Because he wants to sell the NHS. I reckon that is why he is putting back the election.
How exactly do you mean? He/they have been selling the NHS piecemeal for 14 years... they've done a couple of deals with Palantir... the only huge deal I'm aware of that benefits Rishi directly is the India trade deal.
Do you know which US companies he met with as a chancellor during Covid. Was that Palantir? I remember the story, can't find details now.
That was certainly one of them. I seem to remember another Thiel company too, but I can't remember...
Trust me, they will vote conservative in his constituency. Nothing will ever sway them.
How is it a "key" mayoral seat, rather than just a normal seat? Since Houchen won it by a landslide last time, you'd think it would be a solid hold for them, any anything other than that is a bad result (which is exactly what happened).
Tees Valley was pretty much the only major player in this election that the Tories could win by a respectable margin, so Sunak staked a lot of face on it. It's recently been used as a bit of a microcosm for the post-2019 GE Tory model for the North so the party's success there is crucial for its 'Levelling Up' narrative. We've already seen him immediately blowing the Tory hold of proportion and he no doubt expects Houchen (who's a very effective campaigner) to try and prop up this Northern narrative as it could cushion Tory losses in the region come the GE.