Elections 2019: Stockport divided once more as Lib Dems and Labour share honours
Stockport is up in the air as last night’s election results saw a draw of 26 seats for both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Lib Dem John Leech re-elected as fellow party member Richard Kilpatrick also picks up surprise council win in Manchester
Liberal Democrats’ John Leech has been re-elected to Manchester City Council – and he’s no longer the only member of opposition to Labour.
Elections 2018: Duo make history in Trafford by becoming first ever Green Councillors in borough
The pair of Geraldine Coggins and Dan Jerrome re-wrote the party record books by securing the Greens’ first ever seats in Trafford.
Elections 2018: MM’s live blog as Greater Manchester heads for the polls
MM reporters are at counts across Greater Manchester bringing you results as they are announced, reaction and analysis.
Elections 2018: Will the North West provide some cheer for Corbyn and despair for May?
Fraser Smith takes a look at what might happen at the polls tomorrow as Greater Manchester gets ready to vote.
‘Vile stuff’: John Leech shocked Chris Paul misogynistic Twitter rant not denounced by Labour
Chris Paul, Labour Councillor for Withington, is being investigated by the Greater Manchester Police after his wildly misogynistic and offensive tweets surfaced, in which he described women as “slobs”, “cows”, “c*nts” and “b*tches”.
Opinion: Liberal Democrats’ new Manchester campaign video takes it too far and makes them look desperate
Manchester’s arm of the Liberal Democrats is pushing its campaign to reclaim the council this Thursday with the release of a provocative video – this time however the hopeful party have taken it too far.
Lib Dems’ local election hopes: MM chats to John Leech about May’s battle at the ballot box
After weeks of canvassing, local councillors will find out their destiny as the general public go to the ballot box early next month.
‘I don’t think they’ve done their research’: Mayor of Oldham says UKIP’s criticism of postal voting is ‘baseless’
The Mayor of Oldham has said that more must be done to increase voter turnout following the local elections, despite criticism of the postal vote from UKIP.
Election 2016 – Manchester round-up: John Leech breaks Labour autonomy for Lib Dems
Labour’s 100% hold over Manchester City Council was broken by experienced Liberal Democrat John Leech on an otherwise quiet day in the Manchester City Council elections.
Election 2016 – Wigan roundup: Labour fail to sweep board but keep grip on council chamber
Labour failed to sweep the board like many predicted but red half of Wigan can still be pleased.