By Tajammul Gurmani
The local elections for Manchester City Council (MCC) will be held on 7 May. There are 32 wards, and voters will elect a councillor in each ward for the next four years.
According to sources, there are a total of 96 councillors in the City Council, of whom 32 councillors will retire, and people will elect their new representatives for the next four years.
Talking to this correspondent, Cllr Rab Nawaz Akbar said that the Labour Party has already announced its candidates, and almost all the sitting councillors have secured their party tickets for the forthcoming election. Renowned political observer and Labour Party leader Tahir Choudhry said that the local elections will be tough for Labour after losing the by-election in Manchester. “Labour will face the Green Party, Your Party of Jeremy Corbyn, and the Workers Party of George Galloway, who may make seat adjustments in the local elections,” Tahir Choudhry added.
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