In February, political heavyweight George Galloway landed in Rochdale and put the Workers Party on the map. After the 69-year-old stormed to victory in the winter by-election, he put his former party on notice by threatening to oust Labour from the local council.
That didn't entirely materialise come the local elections in May when he only got two Workers Party councillors into office.
After a general election was called in the summer, earlier than expected, the sun did not shine on Mr Galloway's next battle as he was out by July 4. READ MORE: Preparation for a major link road 50 years in the making is set to start Almost five months after his by-election win, the former Labour man came second to his old party by just under 2,000 votes.
Labour's Paul Waugh took the seat from Mr Galloway with 13,027 votes. This left a number of his party's councillors in the region without a parliamentary backer in the House of Commons.
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