2024 Rochdale by-election

2024 Rochdale by-election

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Rochdale constituency
Turnout39.7% (Decrease20.4 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate George Galloway David Tully Paul Ellison
Party Workers Party Independent Conservative
Popular vote 12,335 6,638 3,731
Percentage 39.7% 21.3% 12.0%
Swing N/A N/A Decrease 19.2 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Azhar Ali Iain Donaldson Simon Danczuk
Party Labour[a] Liberal Democrats Reform UK
Popular vote 2,402 2,164 1,968
Percentage 7.7% 7.0% 6.3%
Swing Decrease 43.9 pp Steady pp Decrease 1.9 pp

Boundary of Rochdale in Greater Manchester

MP before election

Tony Lloyd
Labour

Elected MP

George Galloway
Workers

A by-election took place on 29 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Rochdale following the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd.[1][2][3] The winner was George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain who received 40% of the vote and overturned a 9,668 vote Labour majority at the 2019 general election.[4] The turnout was 39.7%, compared to a 60.1% turnout in the constituency at the previous general election.[5]


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  1. ^ "Rochdale WILL have a by-election after MP's death as next general election not expected until second half of 2024". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Sir Tony Lloyd: Veteran Labour MP for Rochdale dies aged 73". Sky News. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd dies 'peacefully at home'". BBC News. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ "George Galloway wins the Rochdale by-election". BBC News. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Rochdale by-election: George Galloway overturns 9,500 Labour majority to win seat". ITV News. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

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