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.
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.
Tameside council elections 2014 round-up: Labour retain majority but UKIP rejoice as thorn in party’s side
Huge cheers erupted as Labour retained seats in 17 of the 19 wards, but lost Ashton Hurst which the Conservatives managed to snatch back by just 18 votes.
UKIP surge must be ‘wake-up call’ for main parties, says Bolton’s ousted Tory councillor
Ex-Tory councillor Andy Morgan, who had served the Hulton ward for 12 years, lost his seat to UKIP candidate Diane Parkinson after a tense night of vote-counting at the Bolton Arena.
Ken Loach-supported Left Unity poll better than Tories in Wigan council ward… at just six months old
Left Unity is a party ‘with feminism, socialism and environmentalism at its heart’ and was formed to oppose capitalism by cleaner Janet Phillips.
Fringe benefits: Salford UKIP and Valour candidates blast Labour’s ‘let downs’ and vow to deliver accountability
Distrust, disappointment and a lack of accountability are the reasons behind Salford’s low turnout according to candidates
Future of NHS depends on Labour wrestling power back from coalition, says Leigh MP Andy Burnham
Leigh’s Member of Parliament was speaking at Trafford’s election count today
MP Graham Stringer blasts Ed Miliband for ‘professional gaffe’ by not knowing own living costs
MP for Blackley and Broughton, Graham Stringer, has slammed Labour leader Ed Miliband for ’an unforgivably unprofessional campaign’, causing the party to underperform in terms of its policies and the local elections.
Rochdale council elections 2014 round-up: Labour tighten grip and shrug off UKIP threat as European ‘blip’
The evening at Rochdale Town Hall seemed tense at first, with people excitedly awaiting the results after counting began at 10.20pm
Bolton council elections 2014 round-up: UKIP storm two seats while snatching second in 12… but Labour cling on
UKIP gave Labour a scare across many of Bolton’s hotly-contested seats – placing a second 12 times.
However Labour retained control with 40 seats, Tories 15, Lib Dems three and finally UKIP’s two.