For the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A candidate in Oldham’s local elections who narrowly lost out to Labour is launching a legal challenge against the result.
In the local elections on May 6, independent candidate Montaz Ali Azad was beaten by Abdul Jabbar in the Coldhurst ward by just 71 votes.
Mr Ali Azad had polled 2,171 votes to Councillor Jabbar’s 2,242 votes. READ MORE: More than 50 schools now hit by Covid cases across Greater Manchester Jean Betteridge also had stood in Coldhurst for the Green Party, David Cahill for the Conservatives, and Mick Scholes for the Liberal Democrats.
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