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UKIP candidate Paul Nuttall was celebrating after snatching fourth place from the BNP
The party’s vote increased since the May...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
Chronicle election team: Richard Hooton, Karen Doherty, Janice Barker, Anika Bourley and Darren Robinson
LABOUR’S Debbie Abrahams said she was...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
Debbie Abrahams’ historic victory was applauded by veteran Labour MP Michael Meacher, and neighbouring MP David Heyes.
Mr Meacher, who...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
ELWYN Watkins said that he had stood up for what he believed in after failing to win the historic by-election...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
DISAPPOINTED Tory Kashif Ali saw his votes slump from almost 12,000 at the General Election to 4,481, and stayed in...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
Oldham’s first woman MP in Labour landslide
LABOUR’S Debbie Abrahams made history by becoming Oldham’s first ever female MP as...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
Get to the shops now and get your early-morning Chronicle for unrivalled coverage of Labour's Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election...
Date Online: 14/01/2011
THE VOTES have been cast and the result of the election is in — as decided by school children.
Pupils...
Date Online: 13/01/2011
All eyes on Oldham as voting begins again
OLDHAM’S historic by-election got off to a damp start this morning as the...
Date Online: 13/01/2011
These candidates hope for your vote tomorrow...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
IT was back to class for Conservative candidate Kashif Ali who spoke to future voters at his former school Hulme...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
THE Conservatives still have a strong chance of winning the by-election despite opinion polls indicating a Labour victory, according to...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
Election statement — Kashif Ali, Conservative
IT HAS been a long campaign but. tomorrow, voters in Oldham East and Saddleworth...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
TWO political heavyweights were expected in Oldham today in an eleventh-hour bid to secure vital votes for their respective party...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
A Scottish lord came to Oldham East and Saddleworth to boost the UK Independence Party’s by-election campaign.
Lord Pearson of...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
EVERY vote counts . . . that’s the message from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg who made his third visit...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
Soaps stars get on their soapbox to boost vote
CELEBRITY glitz was injected into the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
CAMPAIGNING has reached fever pitch in the run up to tomorrow’s Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election — but things were...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
Former Olympic runner Sir Menzies Campbell joined the race to decide who will be Oldham East and Saddleworth’s next MP...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
THE Asian community’s first hustings event was hailed a success and a step forward for democracy.
The hustings event was...
Date Online: 12/01/2011
Election 2011
A HIGH-PROFILE Labour MP has urged local voters to issue a blow to the coalition and send a...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
Election Statement - Derek Adams (BNP)
I am a former publican and prior to that owned a plant-hire...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
Election statement — Paul Nuttall (UKIP)
Thursday’s election presents local people in Oldham East and Saddleworth with a...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
VOTERS in Oldham East and Saddleworth aren’t the only ones going to the polls — primary school children...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
Election Statement - Peter Allen - (Green)
The Greens have a lot to offer people in Oldham and...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
Election Statement
Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
I’m a working mum with strong family values. My husband John and I...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
Election Statement - Elvyn Watkins (Lib-Dem)
Election after election, candidates have stood before the people of Oldham East...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
Election 2011
UKIP leader Nigel Farage was in Oldham yesterday to announce a surprise new member to his party.
Spread-betting...
Date Online: 11/01/2011
LABOUR Party leader Ed Miliband is hoping it will be third time lucky as he urged voters to head to...
Date Online: 10/01/2011
BBC political heavyweight John Pienaar brought his Radio Five Live show to town last night.
The broadcaster, widely respected in...
Date Online: 10/01/2011
