Tough times ahead: Labour councillor forecasts difficult period for ‘poor’ Wigan ward Ince
There could be tough times ahead for Wigan ward, Ince, according to re-elected Labour candidate James Moodie, who stormed to a fourth consecutive victory.
TV star Kym Marsh enjoys ‘Coronation chicken’ with Royal British Legion for poppy picnic campaign
Coronation Street actress Marsh hosted a picnic with soldiers from The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment to mark the launch of the charity campaign to hold a gathering on June 21 or at any point in the holiday season.
Stockport council elections 2014 round-up: Light on a bleak day for Lib Dems as Goddard returns to Offerton
Liberal Democrats celebrated return of former council leader Dave Goddard in Offerton but suffered the shock loss of deputy council leader Mark Weldon in Stepping Hill.
Manchester council elections 2014 round-up: Labour paint town red as Lib Dems lose ALL their seats
After the council became a ‘Tory-free zone’ back in 2012, Labour finished off their other main rivals to take all of the 32 wards as the Liberal Democrats surrendered their nine seats with 95 out of 96 seats now held by Labour and just one by Independent Labour councillor Henry Cooper..
Oldham council elections 2014 round-up: UKIP bag two seats as Labour remain bullish that vote will hold out
Just hours after securing their first council seats in Greater Manchester with victories in Bolton, UKIP snatched two more in Oldham to send shockwaves through the three main political parties.
Close… but no cigar: UKIP fail to break Labour’s Salford stronghold despite finishing runner-up in NINE wards
Labour managed to keep hold of every one of their 52 council seats following the local election results, seeing off a strong threat from several UKIP candidates
Bring me the head of Tony Lloyd: Oldham UKIP councillor vows to scrap Manchester police chief role
The new Failsworth West councillor Warren Bates was voted in with a slim 132 majority ahead of Labour incumbent John Battye who received 988 votes.
Taking back his street: Lib Dem former council leader claws back Stockport seat after bitter Twitter feud
Former Stockport Council Leader Dave Goddard, who lost his seat in the last round of local elections in 2012 after 22 years at the helm, was re-elected to the Offerton ward after a bitter contest with the local Labour candidate Charlie Stewart.
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Time to get out of England? UKIP winning parliament seats would be awful, says Rochdale council hopeful
Liberal Democrat candidate for Castleton, Anthony Smith, believes Brit’s should leave the country if UKIP start taking seats in Parliament.
MPs fiddling expenses? They should be ‘taken out and SHOT’, says Oldham Lib Dem councillor
Cllr Howard Sykes for Shaw Ward made his shocking comments as votes were counted at Queen Elizabeth Hall on West Street.