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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm Political editor

Centrist Tories urge Andy Street to stand for parliament – and maybe one day for leader

Andy Street One Nation Damian Green ​​Rishi Sunak West Midlands Westminster the Conservative Party
Andy Street in a suit and tie, holding a clipboard, walks down a residential street with two smiling Black schoolgirls, one holding hand with her father, who is wearing sunglasses, smiling and holding a clipboard
On the campaign trail: West Midlands mayor Andy Street, left, out canvassing with local residents in Birmingham on 1 May. Photograph: Darren Staples/Getty Images

Senior Tories on the moderate One Nation wing of the party are urging the defeated West Midlands mayor Andy Street to consider reviving his political career by standing for a seat at Westminster.

Street suffered the biggest shock of the local and mayoral elections a week ago when he lost to Labour’s Richard Parker by just 1,508 votes in a knife-edge contest.

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