The ‘proud’ brother of Salford mayoral candidate and ex-convict Paul Massey has spoke of how his brother has changed for the better.

The English Democratic candidate for today’s Salford Mayoral election states that the biggest winners will be the people that did not bother to vote.

Salford mayoral candidate Ian Stewart has hit out at Liberal Democrat candidate Norman Owen as tensions rise at the count.

Salford will learn who will become their first ever elected mayor today with the count beginning at 11am this morning.

The voting system being used in the Salford mayoral elections is the Supplementary Vote System.

Deposed Claremount councillor and Salford mayoral candidate Norman Owen has come out fighting this morning.

Candidates have started to arrive at the historic count that will decide Salford’s first directly-elected mayor.

Lib Dems suffered massive losses again last night after Labour complete clean sweep.

Labour held firm in Wigan last night despite a stronger-than-expected showing from rival candidates.

Red was the colour in last night’s council elections as Labour made it a clean sweep across Manchester City Council’s 36 wards.

Not quite groundbreaking for the political landscape but results last night certainly shook the usually stable borough of Trafford.