00:01Birmingham's Labour Council leader John Cotton has lost his seat in a major personal setback
00:06after three years leading the local authority. He failed to hold Glebe Farm and Tile Cross
00:12after recounts in the final ward to be declared. The result means Labour has lost both control
00:18of the council and the seat held by its leader. Reform UK is now the largest group and has chosen
00:24Jex Parkin to lead its Birmingham councillors. The Workers' Party has also won its first
00:29seat on the authority. Talks are expected on who can run the council next, but John Cotton's
00:35defeat marks a symbolic change in the city's politics after Labour's losses across Birmingham
00:41in these fractured local elections.
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