George Galloway Loses Rochdale Seat To Labour's Paul Waugh

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00:00I, Steve Rumbleau, being the Acting Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give

00:07notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at this election is as follows.

00:14Paul Simon Ellison, the Conservative Party, 4,273.

00:22George Galloway, Workers' Party, 11,587.

00:47Michael David Howard, Reform UK, 6,773.

00:54Andrew John Kelly, Liberal Democrats, 2,816.

01:02Martin David Savin, Green Party, 1,212.

01:12Paul Waugh, Labour and Co-operative Party, 13,027.

01:42I hereby declare that Paul Waugh is duly elected.

02:07Thank you.

02:08I'd like to thank the returning officer, the counting staff and, of course, the police.

02:14Special thanks go to my agent, Tom Bessford, and, of course, our campaign organiser, Neil

02:21Emmott.

02:22And, of course, all the Labour councillors and all the Labour activists who made this

02:28victory possible.

02:33I'd like to thank George Galloway for his service.

02:37I particularly want to pay tribute to...

02:40Are we going to be allowed to speak?

02:46Is this a democracy?

02:47Are we going to be allowed to speak?

02:54I particularly want to pay tribute to the late Sir Tony Lloyd, whose decency and compassion

02:59are still an example to every one of us.