Williams Coun Williams reports Party Williams Coun Williams

'Bonus’ to ‘absolutely disgraceful’: Voter's react to independents councillor defecting to Labour less than a month after elections

Reading now: 579
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Middleton Independents Party’s emergence from nowhere to take five council seats was the stand-out story of the local elections in Rochdale this year.

Only formally registered as a political party in March, the group fought on a ‘Middleton first’ ticket, tapping into local discontent over the town playing second fiddle to Rochdale.

It proved to be a highly successful strategy in East Middleton, where ‘MIP’- as they are now known - swept aside the Labour incumbents to install a trio of independents.

With MIP taking two seats in North Middleton it made them the third largest group on the Labour-run council. But less than three weeks later, the fledgling party has been rocked by the defection to Labour of East Middleton councillor Dylan Williams.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA