by-election
By-Election called in Barton and Winton for 22nd April
A By-Election has been called in the Ward of Barton and Winton following the death of Councillor David Lancaster in February 2026. The ward in Eccles was due to be re-elected in May’s local election, following its creation back in 2021. In the announcement of the By-Election, the Returning Officer for the City Council, Stephen […]
‘A politics of hope’, Green party supporters react to Gorton and Denton by-election.
After the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election last week, supporters shared their ‘joy’ at the result. Last Friday, the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer, a plumber, won the Gorton and Denton by-election with a majority of more than 4000 votes. Ali Hamza, a resident in Gorton said that he had voted Green because […]