Galloway Wins in Rochdale as Labour Collapses

George Galloway has run away with the Rochdale by-election and won by over 6,000 votes. In the Labour-held seat Azhar Ali came a distant fourth with 7.7% of the vote. A -44% swing – that’s the biggest drop in support for Labour in a by-election since the war…

Independent local candidate David Tully did surprisingly well to get second place with 21% of the vote, ahead of the Tory Paul Ellison, who Guido hears was on holiday a week before the vote. […] Read the rest