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Local elections 2023: What happened in every Greater Manchester borough as Labour dominates and Tories hit hard

Manchester Greater Manchester Chris Twells Neil Emmott MIP Salford Bolton Amanda Chadderton Eamonn OBrien Nick Peel

Labour looks set to control nine out of 10 councils in Greater Manchester following a grim night for the Conservatives. Cracks in the Red Wall could be patched up if the results of the local elections in places such as Bolton, Heywood, Middleton, Leigh and Wigan are replicated at the next General Election.

Only Stockport, where the Lib Dems came within a whisker of taking overall control after wiping out the Tories, held out against Labour's dominance. And a tumultuous period of local politics in Oldham shows no signs of slowing down as the borough searches for its fourth leader in the last three years following the shock, narrow defeat of Amanda Chadderton.

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