Stretford and Urmston by-election: Polling stations closeon December 15, 2022 at 10:01 pm

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The result of the Stretford and Urmston by-election is expected to be announced early on Friday.

Kate GreenImage source, UK Parliament

Polling stations have closed in the Stretford and Urmston by-election, with the result expected to be announced in the early hours of Friday.

Nine candidates are vying to succeed Kate Green, who is replacing Baroness Bev Hughes as Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor.

Labour’s Ms Green, who was first elected in 2010, said being an MP had been “an enormous privilege”.

Stretford and Urmston has traditionally been a safe Labour seat, and few observers expect any other party to come close to taking it in this by-election.

Labour is defending a majority of 16,417 there, having won more than 60% of the vote in the 2019 general election.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats secured 28% and 6% of the vote respectively.

Labour’s candidate, Andrew Western, has been leader of Trafford Council – which includes the Stretford and Urmston Westminster constituency – since 2018.

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