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Dan Whelan As the region continues to count votes, some Greater Manchester boroughs have already declared, resulting in Oldham Council leader Sean Fielding losing his seat and the Liberal Democrats gaining in Stockport, where no single party has had overall control.  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 disappoint...

UK’s first black female mayor is elected Liverpool has elected a new mayor to its city council after a tumultuous year in which its former mayor was arrested on bribery allegations. Joanne Anderson (Lab) has become the first black woman to lead any UK city after being elected at a nailbiting vote count in which no candidate secured a majority share in the first round. The former trade unionist was elected after voting went to a tense second round, with no candidate securing the more than 50% vote share needed in the first round. This meant a second count was required, where second choice v...

Local elections 2021: Liverpool's opposition miss huge opportunity as Labour stay on top Lib Dems and Greens will be disappointed as they failed to really capitalise on once in a generation opportunity Lib Dem boss Richard Kemp will have wanted to do better in today's votes (Image: Jason Roberts photography) Get our daily Echo newsletter for the biggest stories and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with o...

Joanne Anderson elected as new Mayor of Liverpool Backbench councillor makes history to become first black female leader of any UK city 16:08, 7 MAY 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Joanne Anderson has been elected the new Mayor of Liverpool. With her victory, the Princes Park ward councillor has made history as the first black woman to lead any major UK city. She was elected after voting went to a tense second round, with no candidate securing the more than 50% vote share needed in the first round. On the first round of voting, based on who people picked as their ...

Lib Dem boss Richard Kemp will have wanted to do better in today's votes (Image: Jason Roberts photography) Get our daily Echo newsletter for the biggest stories and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice If this was a normal election, Liverpool's opposition parties might be quite content with how today played...