Labor Easily Retain Stretford And Urmston In By Election Work
Andrew Western, the Labor candidate, won with a majority of 9,906. The Conservatives came second, winning 15.9% of the vote to Labour’s 69.6%. With temperatures in Manchester below freezing on election day, only 25.8% of voters were eligible to vote. After thanking his mother for her support, Western said the result sent a “strong message” to Rishi Sunak’s government. “The people of Stretford and Urmston speak not just for this constituency but for millions more people up and down the country who know that this government has been failing us for the last 12 years,” he said....