'We need to stop and listen': Labour leadership holds on at Oldham Council
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukLabour have just clung on to control of Oldham council after a heated afternoon in the council chambers (May 22). The gathering saw a bid for leadership by a ‘rainbow alliance’ made up of Oldham’s Lib Dem, Conservative and Oldham Group councillors.
The alliance fell just short of the number of votes needed to take over the council, with 28 for their amendment to remove council leader Arooj Shah, 29 against and three abstentions.
The re-elected council leader Arooj Shah thanked the councillors and called for a ‘change’ in the way politics is done in Oldham.
Coun Shah told the LDRS: “I’m absolutely delighted. The right decision was made today. People recognised that we’ve delivered in the past and we will continue to do so.
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