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Labour wins by-election – but only 1 in 10 people voted in one of lowest turnouts in council's history

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Labour have won a by-election, retaining one of its 51 seats at Salford council. But only 1 in 10 of the eligible electorate in the Blackfriars and Trinity ward cast their votes in one of the lowest election turnouts in the council's history.

Out of 7,875 voters in the new council ward on the edge of Manchester city centre, just 788 people took to the polls and voted yesterday (November 4). READ MORE: All the candidates standing in the Blackfriars and Trinity by-election Labour Party candidate Roseanna Wain won the by-election with 408 votes, beating the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Speaking after the results were announced, she said she was 'really excited'. She said: "It's been great to have so much support.

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