Why your second choice vote could swing Liverpool s knife-edge mayoral election
Voting system combined with city s political crisis could mean second preference votes are the deciding factor, writes political editor Liam Thorp
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We are just weeks away from finding out who the new Mayor of Liverpool will be.
A remarkable turn of events over the past few months means that the city is facing a knife-edge election which could easily go a number of different ways.
While he denies wrongdoing, he has stepped aside from his position and will not be standing as the Labour Party candidate in the May 6 vote as he remains suspended by the party.
Labour MPs write to Keir Starmer with serious concerns over Liverpool Mayor process
Nine party MPs join city councillors and other prominent figures in demanding answers and a change of course for Liverpool
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Current Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
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Cllr Ann O Byrne has issued a lengthy statement after she was suddenly stopped from being part of the Liverpool Mayor application process
Cllr Ann O Byrne (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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