Tributes paid to 'shining star' Stalybridge Labour Party chair Stuart McKenzie after tragic death

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Tributes have been paid to a 'shining star' Labour Party chair following his tragic death after heart surgery. Stuart McKenzie, chair of the Stalybridge and Hyde Labour Party, previously stood twice in local elections as the Labour candidate for the Stalybridge South ward.

Aged in his 20s, McKenzie had only recently been appointed to the role as chair as part of a restructure of the Labour Party in Stalybridge and Hyde, back in October.

MP Jonathan Reynolds, also Secretary of State for Trade, paid a public tribute to McKenzie on social media, describing him as a 'truly wonderful and special man' who 'campaigned tirelessly'. READ MORE "I heard a huge crash and my partner screaming...

then I realised a car was actually in my house" He penned: "The whole of the Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency Labour Party is in grief this weekend at the loss of our Chair and friend, Stuart McKenzie, following emergency heart surgery in recent weeks. "Stuart was a truly wonderful and special man.