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Dan Whelan The party suffered damaging losses in Thursday’s elections, particularly in Oldham and Stockport, but held firm in Liverpool, Manchester and Salford and even managed to increase its majority in Sefton. Fielding out  Oldham’s leader was usurped in Failsworth West by Failsworth Independent Party candidate Mark Wilkinson by a margin of fewer than 200 votes and, while Labour still holds a majority in Oldham, the party will now have to choose a new leader from its ranks.  Said Fielding: “While tonight is obviously disappointing, the electorate of Failsworth West has spoken.”�...

This will happened on Tuesday, May 11. Venue Cymru was transformed into Ysbyty Enfys to treat Covid-19 patients. Due to the low rates of Covid-19 in North Wales, the facility and oxygen system are no longer required. A spokesperson from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said: "For safety reasons, the leased oxygen tanks cannot be transported away from the site with oxygen inside. Ysbyty Enfys. Picture: Paul Sampson "This standard process of depressurisation may be noisy and, depending on the weather conditions, can take up to a few hours. An oxygen cloud will be visible fr...

Cllr Arooj Shah to be new leader of Oldham Council Date published: 10 May 2021 Arooj Shah will be confirmed as the Council Leader on 19 May Cllr Arooj Shah has been elected as the new leader of Oldham’s Labour Group and is set to be confirmed as council leader. Labour currently hold 40 oof 60 seats on the council, which means the Labour group leader will also become the leader of the council. Cllr Shah will be confirmed as leader at the annual meeting of the council on 19th May. The appointment follows former leader Sean Fielding's defeat in the local council elections on Thursday, in w...

Deputy council leader Arooj Shah addresses full council Following Oldham’s dramatic election shock in the early hours – which saw council leader Sean Fielding lose his seat – the question of his successor looms large. Mr Fielding lost his seat in Failsworth West, which he had held since 2012 by 191 votes to Mark Wilkinson, a candidate from new hyper-local group Failsworth Independent Party. He used to work for Greater Manchester Police. During the night, early confidence for a Labour result fell away once the verification of voting got fully underway.  By 3am, the result was almost a f...

Labour council leader loses seat in dramatic local election Date published: 07 May 2021 Sean Fielding lost his council seat in a dramatic and depressing night for Labour Labour’s stronghold in Oldham has been dealt a shattering blow after the incumbent council leader was defeated by a new independent party. Sean Fielding, who became leader in May 2018 at the age of just 28 after ousting incumbent Jean Stretton from the top job, lost his seat in a dramatic and depressing night for Labour. His seat was won by Mark Wilkinson, of the newly formed Failsworth Independent Party. The mood at th...