Trafford council elections 2014 round-up: Tories rejoice at majority as Labour draws General Election battle lines
The Conservatives now have a majority of 34 seats, eight more than Labour.
‘It feels like a massive majority’: Labour councillor’s relief after winning Bury seat from Tories… by just 19 votes
Labour’s John Mallon snatched victory from a sitting Conservative candidate by just 19 votes.
‘We’re better off alone’: Wigan activist to plough on with independence calls despite election defeat
While CAP didn’t gain any seats at Thursday’s council elections, recently appointed party leader Michael Moulding is ready to push ahead with plans to get Wigan city status and break from Greater Manchester.
Bury council elections 2014 round-up: Tweets, tight calls and laughter as Labour wins exceed expectations
Labour took two wards from the Conservatives and one from Liberal Democrats in the council elections.
Bez: Fracking is Britain’s ‘biggest battle since World War II’
Happy Mondays star Bez explained that fracking is the biggest challenge that the country has faced since the Second World War.
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.
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..
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.
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.
Salford Conservative candidate claims ‘he knew they’d blame’ Tories for UKIP protest vote
Claremont Conservative candidate Bob Goodall has insisted that the UKIP election push will not cause Labour’s grip on the ward to slip – and that his party are not to blame for the protest vote.
From pub to polls: Youngest council leader in UK Sean Anstee is ‘drinking’ of ways to engage youths in Trafford politics
Trafford Council Leader Sean Anstee has urged young voters to join him for a pint as he battles for the Bucklow-St-Martins seat.