Oldham West and Royton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Jim McMahon of the Labour Co-op party since 4 December 2015,after winning a by-election following the death of Michael Meacher on 21 October 2015.
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Denton and Reddish since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Social Care since 2023.
Barbara Mary Keeley is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South,previously Worsley,since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism since 2023. She previously served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2010 and served in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care from 2016 to 2020.
The 2000 Oldham Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.
Katherine Anne Green OBE JP is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime since 2023. She previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2015 to 2016,Chair of the Committees on Privileges and Standards from 2018 to 2020,and Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2020 to 2021.
Ian Murray is a British politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since 2020,and previously from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since 2010.
Yvonne Helen Fovargue is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield in Greater Manchester since 2010.
Chinyelu Susan Onwurah is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central since 2010.
Alexander Cunningham is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing since 2020.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British politician who is currently serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade. A member of Labour Co-op,he has also been Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British politician who has served as Shadow Paymaster General since September 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South since 2011.
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,branded and commonly referred to as Oldham Council,is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester,England. It is a metropolitan district council,one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England,and provides the majority of local government services in Oldham. It is composed of 60 councillors,three for each of the 20 electoral wards of the borough.
Angela Rayner is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since 2023. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left.
Elizabeth Anne McInnes is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she was a Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2019 and Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016.
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey is a British politician and a formerly practicing solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,Long-Bailey served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017,Shadow Secretary of State for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for Education in 2020.
On 3 December 2015,a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Oldham West and Royton in Greater Manchester. This was the first by-election of the 56th UK Parliament.
The inaugural Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Greater Manchester. The next successive election was due to be held on 7 May 2020,but due to that year's outbreak of the novel Coronavirus,the election was postponed until May 2021. Subsequent elections are legislatively required to be held every four years thereafter. The electoral system used for the election is the supplementary vote (SV).
The Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn began when Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015,following the resignation of Ed Miliband after Labour's defeat at the 2015 general election. Disillusioned by a lack of a left-wing voice in the 2015 leadership contest,Corbyn stood on an anti-austerity platform. Of the candidates who stood,Corbyn received the fewest parliamentary nominations. Many who nominated him said they had done so not to support his candidacy,but to widen the debate by including a socialist voice. However,Corbyn soon became the frontrunner and was elected with a landslide of 59%.
James Barry Daly is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury North since the 2019 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
