Ben Houchen wins Tees Valley mayoral election offering Rishi Sunak a lifeline

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Defeat could have spurred Conservative rebels to move against prime minister

One of the Conservative party’s highest profile metro mayors, Ben Houchen, has won Tees Valley, giving Rishi Sunak a potential political lifeline.

Houchen bucked the anti-Tory trend by being elected for a third term in a region that was once a solid Labour heartland.

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