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George Galloway has won the by-election in Rochdale with a majority of 5,697. The Workers Party candidate pulled in 12,335 votes, with the second-place candidate, David Tully coming in with 6,638. Some 39.7 per cent of Rochdale residents turned out to vote. The by-election has been largely dominated by the conflict in Gaza with two candidates from both Labour and the Greens having support withdrawn by their parties over comments made in relation to the Israel-Hamas war. Both Azhar Ali, the former Labour candidate, and Guy Otten, the former Green candidate, had their endorsements revoked after …

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