| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Anthony Browne | Conservative | Male | 31,015 | 46.3% | -5.5 | ||
| Ian Sollom | Liberal Democrat | Male | 28,111 | 42.0% | +23.4 | ||
| Dan Greef | Labour | Male | 7,803 | 11.7% | -15.6 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 2,904 | |
| Percent | 4.3% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 590 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 76.7% | |
| Region | 68.2% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 76.2% | |
| Size of electorate | 87,288 | |
| Valid votes cast | 66,929 |
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative | Male | 29,973 | 66.2% | +9.3 | ||
| Jack Ferguson | Labour | Male | 10,051 | 22.2% | -10.3 | ||
| Kerry Smith | Independent | Male | 3,316 | 7.3% | 0.0 | ||
| Michael Bukola | Liberal Democrat | Male | 1,957 | 4.3% | +2.8 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 19,922 | |
| Percent | 44.0% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 75 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 60.8% | |
| Region | 68.2% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 64.1% | |
| Size of electorate | 74,441 | |
| Valid votes cast | 45,297 |
| Candidates by vote share | |||||||
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Paul Girvan | Democratic Unionist Party | Male | 15,149 | 35.3% | -3.0 | ||
| Danny Kinahan | Ulster Unionist Party | Male | 12,460 | 29.0% | -1.8 | ||
| John Blair | Alliance | Male | 8,190 | 19.1% | +11.6 | ||
| Declan Kearney | Sinn Fein | Male | 4,887 | 11.4% | -6.7 | ||
| Roisin Lynch | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Female | 2,288 | 5.3% | -0.1 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 2,689 | |
| Percent | 6.3% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 571 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 59.9% | |
| Region | 61.8% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 63.3% | |
| Size of electorate | 71,711 | |
| Valid votes cast | 42,974 |
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| David Warburton | Conservative | Male | 36,230 | 55.8% | -0.9 | ||
| Adam Boyden | Liberal Democrat | Male | 17,017 | 26.2% | +5.4 | ||
| Sean Dromgoole | Labour | Male | 8,354 | 12.9% | -4.3 | ||
| Andrea Dexter | Green | Female | 3,295 | 5.1% | +1.4 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 19,213 | |
| Percent | 29.6% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 254 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 75.6% | |
| Region | 72.0% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 75.7% | |
| Size of electorate | 85,866 | |
| Valid votes cast | 64,896 |
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Julian Knight | Conservative | Male | 32,309 | 58.4% | +0.3 | ||
| Nick Stephens | Labour and Co-operative | Male | 11,036 | 19.9% | -1.9 | ||
| Ade Adeyemo | Liberal Democrat | Male | 9,977 | 18.0% | +2.3 | ||
| Rosemary Sexton | Green | Female | 2,022 | 3.7% | +1.6 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 21,273 | |
| Percent | 38.4% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 139 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 70.3% | |
| Region | 64.7% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 73.0% | |
| Size of electorate | 78,760 | |
| Valid votes cast | 55,344 |
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Tan Dhesi | Labour | Male | 29,421 | 57.6% | -5.3 | ||
| Kanwal Toor Gill | Conservative | Female | 15,781 | 30.9% | -0.7 | ||
| Aaron Chahal | Liberal Democrat | Male | 3,357 | 6.6% | +4.2 | ||
| Delphine Gray-Fisk | Brexit Party | Female | 1,432 | 2.8% | 0.0 | ||
| Julian Edmonds | Green | Male | 1,047 | 2.1% | 0.0 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 13,640 | |
| Percent | 26.7% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 285 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 58.8% | |
| Region | 70.2% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 65.2% | |
| Size of electorate | 86,818 | |
| Valid votes cast | 51,038 |
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Caroline Johnson | Conservative | Female | 44,683 | 67.1% | +2.9 | ||
| Linda Edwards-Shea | Labour | Female | 12,118 | 18.2% | -7.6 | ||
| Oliver Craven | Liberal Democrat | Male | 5,355 | 8.0% | +3.9 | ||
| Marianne Overton | Linconshire Independents | Female | 1,999 | 3.0% | 0.0 | ||
| Simon Tooke | Green | Male | 1,742 | 2.6% | +1.1 | ||
| Caroline Coram | Independent | Female | 657 | 1.0% | 0.0 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 32,565 | |
| Percent | 48.9% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 41 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 70.2% | |
| Region | 67.2% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 72.4% | |
| Size of electorate | 94,761 | |
| Valid votes cast | 66,554 |
Parts of the article by Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, on 31 July 2021. The full article is at https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1470465/HGV-driver-shortage-Tony-Blair-university-andrew-bridgen.
For many years I have been raising the issue of the shortage of lorry drivers, citing the lack of dedicated apprenticeship scheme as far back as 2015. In the intervening period, the shortage of drivers has doubled and only now have the Government acted and implemented a lorry driver apprenticeship.
When I raised this issue in 2015 the estimated shortage of HGV drivers was 50,000, now it is double that and whilst there are 600,000 HGV licence holders in the UK, only half of those are active in the industry and for many, it is the reasons that have been cited above why they have left the job, the drivers have voted with their feet.
If Covid has taught us anything it is how much we rely on key workers and how so many have felt undervalued over many years, this is one of the major contributing factors to the Brexit result that the metropolitan liberal elite didn’t grasp in 2016 and which they still don’t.
| Candidate name | Party | Gender | Number of votes | Share (%) | Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) | ||
| Julian Smith | Conservative | Male | 34,919 | 59.5% | -3.2 | ||
| Brian McDaid | Labour | Male | 11,225 | 19.1% | -9.2 | ||
| Andrew Murday | Liberal Democrat | Male | 8,701 | 14.8% | 0.0 | ||
| Andy Brown | Green | Male | 2,748 | 4.7% | -1.7 | ||
| Jack Render | The Yorkshire Party | Male | 1,131 | 1.9% | -0.7 |
| Election statistics | ||
| Majority | ||
| Votes | 23,694 | |
| Percent | 40.3% | |
| Rank (1 = highest %) | 119 | |
| Turnout | ||
| Constituency | 75.0% | |
| Region | 64.3% | |
| UK | 67.3% | |
| Constituency in 2017 | 74.4% | |
| Size of electorate | 78,347 | |
| Valid votes cast | 58,724 |
The statement made by Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, on 29 July 2021.
We had planned, at today’s meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, to hear from our new Chief Constable on his improvement plans for GMP.
Alongside that, I was planning to provide more detail about how we intend to take the force into a new era of greater openness and strengthened accountability.
Following the cancellation of today’s meeting, I thought it was important to set out these next steps in a written update.
The Chief Constable will now attend a meeting of the GMCA on 10 September. On the same day, his forward plan for GMP will be published together with the full analysis provided by PwC.
We will aim to publish the independent review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oldham by November or, at the very latest, by the end of the year.
We will publish the independent review into CSE in Rochdale early in the New Year, with the aim of February.
We will hold our first Greater Manchester Police Public Accountability Meeting for elected members across GM in Oldham on 26 November. The event will be live-streamed and will follow the meeting of the GMCA. Details of how elected members can apply to attend will be issued shortly. From now on, there will be two public accountability meetings every year.
These steps towards more transparency and accountability build on the publication earlier this week of the first Achieving Race Equality report, which from now on will be updated quarterly, and the introduction in January of a named and contactable police officer and PCSO for every ward in Greater Manchester.