Andrew Western wins with a majority of 9,906 with promise to fight for properly funded public services
, Labour’s candidate, won by a majority of 9,906. After taking his seat in parliament he is expected to step down as leader of Trafford council, which he has led since 2018.
Kate Green, a former shadow education secretary, resigned in November after being nominated as Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor for policing and crime. She had been an MP since 2010 and in 2019 won a 16,417 majority.family. His mother, Denise, is Trafford councillor and works in the NHS, and his father was a senior trade unionist and served as regional secretary of the Fire Brigades Union.
The result will be uncomfortable for Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, and MP for the neighbouring Trafford seat of Altrincham and Sale West.
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