Voters go to polls in byelection called after sitting Labour MP became Greater Manchester mayor’s deputy
constituency of Stretford and Urmston go to the polls on Thursday in a byelection called after the sitting Labour MP quit to become Andy Burnham’s mayoral deputy.earlier this month.
Kate Green, a former shadow education secretary, resigned in November after being nominated as Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor for policing and crime. She had been an MP since 2010 and in 2019 won a 16,417 majority. Stretford and Urmston includes the Old Trafford area around Manchester United’s stadium, as well as the Trafford shopping centre. It is often described as the birthplace of the NHS after Trafford general hospital became the first NHS hospital, when it was opened by theThe constituency has been Labour since its creation in 1997, when Bev Hughes won it in Tony Blair’s landslide. She went on to be Blair’s children’s minister before quitting in 2010 and being made a peer by Gordon Brown.
The result, expected in the early hours of Friday morning, will be watched keenly by Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers and MP for the wealthier Trafford seat of Altrincham and Sale West. In parliament since 1997, he has a majority of 6,139 and would be vulnerable in the next general election if recent polling is right. Western was runner-up in the seat in 2019.Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morningNewsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.
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