Manchester City Council elections: Lib Dems and Greens gain seats as Labour dominate
Labour has retained its overwhelming control of Manchester City Council. The party is down three but still controls 88 out
Labour has retained its overwhelming control of Manchester City Council. The party is down three but still controls 88 out
A Lib Dem councillor from Shaw is hoping the Lib Dems can take over from Labour in a bid to
Local council elections are taking place across Greater Manchester (and elsewhere) on 4 May – including Rochdale. Here’s your guide
The Manchester Mayoral Election is just over three months away, and the candidates looking to take the reins from Andy
The Liberal Democrats on the council voted against plans to spend £771,000 on Exchange Square’s centrepieces.
The two biggest parties won eight seats each, while the Tories won three and the Heald Green Ratepayers claimed one.
The party retained 16 of their 17 seats up for election on Thursday night, their only defeat coming to the Liberal Democrats in Milnrow and Newhey.
After weeks of canvassing, local councillors will find out their destiny as the general public go to the ballot box early next month.
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If the Conservatives can win seats like this one, Theresa May will secure the majority she desires in Parliament prior to negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Mr Leech, who now represents Didsbury West as a councillor on Manchester City Council, is raising a Liberal Democrat big tent in the hopes of uniting all pro-European Mancunians to mobilise for a general election challenge to Brexit.
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