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Vote WIN right up ANDY'S street Conservative candidate clinches stunning 1% lead over Sion Simon
The Conservative candidate Andy Street has secured his place as the Midland’s Metro Mayor by a shocking 1% edge. The former John Lewis boss who left his old position to run for Metro Mayor beat second runner up Sion Simon by just 6000 votes. The voting was structured so that voters were given two choices, a first choice and a second preferred choice. After none of the candidates- which included Lib Dem’s Beverley Nielson,
Green Party’s James Burn, UKIPs Pete Durnell and the Communist’s party Graham John Stevenson- managed to achieve a first round vote, the voter’s second preference votes were added to the count, resulting in a win for the Conservatives despite the Midland’s historic Labour preference. However Simon ran a rather underwhelming and low profile campaign race compared to his Conservative counterpart who spent Continued on page 2
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