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1. Just to make those change numbers add up - in 2024 there was a Workers Party candidate

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 04:05 AM

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who got a significant 10.3%, with no equivalent standing this time. So there was a bit of a swing from left parties to right, when you add them up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorton_and_Denton#Elections_in_the_2020s

Turnout was about the same as the 2024 general election.

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