Lib Dems local election wipeout are down to Nick Clegg’s national nightmare, claims Stockport councillor
The Liberal Democrat leader of Stockport Council has blamed the party’s national problems for her former deputy’s shock election defeat.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.