General Election: 'They've shot themselves in the foot': The Greater Manchester towns where even Tory voters think they'll lose
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFinding a Conservative voter in the safe Labour seat of Stretford and Urmston is not too difficult. But on our visit to speak to voters, finding one who thinks the Tories have got a chance of winning the General Election on July 4 was more like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Sitting Labour MP Andrew Western had a near-10,000 majority when he won the 2022 by-election following the retirement of Kate Green, when she became Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor for policing and crime.
At Stretford Mall, where there is a huge amount of redevelopment taking place, shoppers were in a talkative mood as the election campaigning by the major parties got into full swing.
Jackie Smith, 42, summed up the mood of a lifelong Conservative voter when she said: “I’ve got to be honest, I normally vote Conservative because I don’t want Labour to get in.
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