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they are saying, what about nottinghamshire, sandwell and the mass woodlands, the tees valley?g because they did so well in the six last time, even stevens would be good. they think they may get 150 gains, and they will be very pleased with that. 0k, with that. ok, john, let's have your analysis on the back of that. well, you have already heard from nick i love a lot of discussion about the parties about expectations of seats gained and lost. i think we have to say that they will come with a very substantial health warning. not least because 5000 of the 8000 seats up for grabs yesterday were in the small shia district councils in england. many of these have elections for two three seats rather than just one. elections for two three seats rather thanjust one. so elections for two three seats rather than just one. so these elections are going to dominate the results in terms of gains and losses. the honest truth is also what which does not seats but votes, and that is suggesting texas to the projected national share. suggesting texas to the projected nationalshare. i suggesting t

very much part of the tees valley and somewhere labour wanted to make progress.well, and i will come to liam fox in a moment about ben houchen, the metro mayor in the tees valley. not enough obviously to stop you progressing. but that progress perhaps isn't big enoughin but that progress perhaps isn't big enough in an area you own for so long? i enough in an area you own for so lona ? . . enough in an area you own for so lonu? ., enough in an area you own for so [on ? .,, ., r', long? i was in darlington the day before the _ long? i was in darlington the day before the election. _ long? i was in darlington the day before the election. it _ long? i was in darlington the day before the election. it was - long? i was in darlington the day before the election. it was a - long? i was in darlington the day| before the election. it was a place we were very, very interested in. it was also essentially i think the only place conservative cabinet ministers were sent, as far as i can see, in the local election campaign. what you have there is a real five way politics. the d

2019 in those areas that voted strongly to leave, a bit like the areas of east staffordshire, the tees valleyexit issue back onto the table. for a lot of people it feels quite irrelevant now, and i struggle to see how you make that a live issue in an election campaign. andrea, let's look at the high remain vote, changes since 2019. labour are up remain vote, changes since 2019. labourare up 4%, remain vote, changes since 2019. labour are up 4%, lib dems down 1%, and you can see the figures, the conservatives down by 2%. if you have a look at something like the projected national share from 2021, following on from 2019, this is the national share, following on from 2019, this is the nationalshare, if following on from 2019, this is the national share, if everyone was voting on the day in local elections. the conservatives were ahead then, but that has all changed. i ahead then, but that has all chan . ed. ~ ahead then, but that has all changed-— ahead then, but that has all chanced. ~ .,, i. changed. i think, as you said earlier, brexit _ changed. i think, as you said earlier, brexit is _ chan

does the prime with his prime minister agree with his friend , the tees valley mayor, friend, the teesll, mr mr sheetet .— backers. oh yes. so well, mr mr sheetet . the— backers. oh yes. i~i1 mr speaker , the honourable friend, speaker, the honourable friend, the tevetthe— speaker, the honourable friend, the levelling up— speaker, the honourable friend, the levelling up secretary has etveetv— the levelling up secretary has already announced an investigation into this matter. hut— investigation into this matter. hut vhet— investigation into this matter. hut vhet ._ investigation into this matter. but what i would say it's just the— but what i would say it's just the ethe— but what i would say it's just the same old,— but what i would say it's just the same old, same . old it's the the same old, same. old it's the ete— the same old, same. old it's the ett bump— the same old, same. old it's the same old bump from labour. all we get— same old bump from labour. all we get .— same old bump from labour. all we get . eu— same old bump from labour. all we get . ett ve— same old bump from labour

so in 2019, in my neck of the woods, in the tees valley, labour did catastrophically. appear in the north—east, because after that council results, he really pushed these seats in parliamentary terms, so that richard holden, he could win his seat for the first time in 100 years for the tories. but now that mystical, magical allure of mrjohnson has disappeared, and does rishi sunak cut it in the same way? now we are also getting a referendum appear i think on levelling up as well, and so there are going to be some really interesting results, particularly tomorrow from my area, darlington is going to be as key as any of the stoke councils you are looking at, because that has had a real boost of levelling up money. it is almost the de facto capital of britain now, with the treasury up here and rishi sunak working from darlington. but labour really should be taking that council back because they lost it in 2019 for the first time in 22 years. and a fine place it is, where rishi sunak peered into a pothole, trying to look interested in what happened in local politics there.