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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Gregor Young

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Labour secure comfortable by election win on dismal turnout - Caught on Camera

LABOUR have comfortably won a by-election in the Greater Manchester area after securing nearly 70 per cent of the vote share. 

Andrew Western won the Stretford and Urmston constituency, a safe Labour seat in Greater Manchester, with a majority of 9906, securing 69.65% of the votes - up 9.34% on the snap General Election three years ago, and with a 10.5% swing from the Tories to Labour.

Western, Labour’s leader of Trafford Council and now the new MP, said his victory showed people are fed-up with the Conservative Party and Labour is now ready to govern.

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