Labour choose Lancashire council leader to fight Rochdale by-election following death of Sir Tony Lloyd
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLabour have chosen the leader of Lancashire county council to fight the Rochdale by-election sparked by the death of sitting MP Sir Tony Lloyd.
Coun Azhar Ali had been named on a shortlist of three to succeed Sir Tony who died on January 17 aged 73, alongside Rochdale-born Paul Waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and Wigan councillor Nazia Rehman.
Labour North west posted on X: "Congratulations @CllrAzharAli @UKLabour candidate for Rochdale. Azhar will be a strong voice for Rochdale and send this Conservative Government a clear message. "It’s time to end the chaos.
Let the country have its say and let us get Britain’s future back." Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. Sir Tony died only days after announcing that he was suffering from an incurable form of leukaemia.
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