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2024 Rochdale by-election

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Event.png 2024 Rochdale by-election  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png

A by-election is expected to take place in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Rochdale following the death on 17 January 2024 of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd.

Candidates

Azhar Ali was selected as the Labour Party candidate on 27 January 2024. He is a Lancashire councillor and the leader of the Labour group on the council. The Labour hopefuls he was up against were Westminster lobby journalist, Paul Waugh, and Nazia Rehman, a Wigan councillor and cabinet member.[1]

Former MP George Galloway and leader of the Workers Party of Britain has declared that he intends to stand in the Rochdale by-election.[2]


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References

  1. ↑ "Falling by the Waugh-side - former journalist fails to clinch chance to be MP"
  2. ↑ "I will be a candidate in the forthcoming #Rochdale by-election. Someone has to teach #Starmer and #GenocideLabour a lesson. #Gaza"
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