Rochdale by-election 'one of the most divisive' - prime minister published at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2024. 12:52 GMT 1 March 2024.

One candidate is Simon Danczuk, who won Rochdale for Labour in the 2010 and 2015 general elections. He was suspended by the Labour Party in 2015 for sending explicit messages to a 17-year-old girl.

He has enjoyed the endorsement of the former Lib Dem MP for Rochdale, Paul Rowen, who served from 2005 to 2010, “The people of Rochdale have been hammered by the double whammy of a cost of ...

A former Rochdale MP is standing in the by-election for Reform UK, the party founded by ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage. Simon Danczuk was elected as the Labour MP in 2010, but was suspended from the ...

By-elections are often colourful and chaotic but there has never been anything quite like the contest taking place in Rochdale right now. The vote next Thursday - caused by the death of the town's ...

He has been suspended from the Labour party pending an investigation. The Rochdale by-election was called after the death of Rochdale Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, who had held the seat since 2017 ...

Nominations for the Rochdale by-election had closed. Labour was stuck with Ali on the ballot paper as their candidate, come what may. It was too late to select a substitute.

Rochdale council has said they estimate the result may come at 3pm, though this is a guess based on previously and compatible by-election results. It all depends on both turnout, and whether any ...

News; Rochdale; We asked the Rochdale by-election candidates the big questions... this is what they had to say The polls open on Thursday, February 29 for the Rochdale by-election ...

Voters in Rochdale will choose their next MP at a by-election on Thursday (February). But the winner might not have long in post. The by-election was triggered by the sudden death of Sir Tony ...

Labour is celebrating two victories over the Conservatives in the Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections - but that success may be short-lived as a third battle in Rochdale looms. Keir Starmer ...

By-elections are often colourful and chaotic but there has never been anything quite like the contest taking place in Rochdale right now. The vote next Thursday - caused by the death of the town's ...