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Dan Whelan
The party suffered damaging losses in Thursday’s elections, particularly in Oldham and Stockport, but held firm in Liverpool, Manchester and Salford and even managed to increase its majority in Sefton.
Fielding out
Oldham’s leader was usurped in Failsworth West by Failsworth Independent Party candidate Mark Wilkinson by a margin of fewer than 200 votes and, while Labour still holds a majority in Oldham, the party will now have to choose a new leader from its ranks.
Said Fielding: “While tonight is obviously disappointing, the electorate of Failsworth West has spoken.”
He added that he had been “saddened by the tone of the campaign both politically and personally”, but was proud of what he had achieved in his nine years as a councillor and three years as leader.
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Some say we do things differently in this part of the world and, cliché or not, that is certainly true of the 2021 local and mayoral elections,
writes Kevin Whitmore of becg.
For while the story nationally is being told in the context of a single parliamentary by-election win and what that means for our politics at Westminster, the results from local council and mayoral contests start to paint a different picture.
Here in the North West, it is still possible to travel from Liverpool along the M62 and pass through Labour council after Labour council all the way to the Lancashire/Yorkshire border. Yes, many of the councils along the way have been Labour strongholds for generations, particularly on Merseyside and yes, Labour did see some losses in these councils on Thursday. But the same journey also takes you through several parliamentary constituencies won by the Conservatives in 2019, which gave the Tories hope of continuing their advances beyon
Dan Whelan
As the region continues to count votes, some Greater Manchester boroughs have already declared, resulting in Oldham Council leader Sean Fielding losing his seat and the Liberal Democrats gaining in Stockport, where no single party has had overall control.
Fielding out
Oldham’s leader was usurped in Failsworth West by Failsworth Independent Party candidate Mark Wilkinson by a margin of fewer than 200 votes and, while Labour still holds a majority in Oldham, the party will now have to choose a new leader from its ranks.
Said Fielding: “While tonight is obviously disappointing, the electorate of Failsworth West has spoken.”