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Here, all eyes are on Alliance, which is fielding 14 candidates including seven councillors defending their seats and seven new candidates.

Independents are aiming to return while Sinn Féin is hoping to secure its first ever seat.

The Green Party's in-fighting leads to a defection by MP Elizabeth Kerekere ahead of a damaging inquiry into her behaviour towards colleagues and staff

Voters across the borough have been choosing their local councillors

The council was one of two controlled by the Conservatives after 2019

When King Charles takes his oath to become head of state at Westminster Abbey, he will be painfully aware that support for the monarchy isn't universal - and that includes among MPs in Parliament

Coun Tracey Dixon was disappointed to lose out on three seats, but believes the party is in a strong position nationally ahead of the next General Election

Sixty-three council seats were up for grabs in the wards Altrincham, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Bowdon, Broadheath, Brooklands, Bucklow-St Martins, Davyhulme, Flixton, Gorse Hill and Cornbrook, Hale, Hale Barnes and Timperley South, Longford, Lockstock and Barton, Manor, Old Trafford, Sale Central, Sale Moor, Stretford and Humphrey, Timperley Central, Timperley North and Urmston

Labour held onto 11 seats in South Tyneside, but lost three to the Green Party