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District | Voters | Voted | % |
Bolton | 199,819 | 42,534 | 21.3 |
Bury | 140,441 | 38,394 | 27.3 |
Manchester | 340,730 | 45,900 | 13.5 |
Oldham | 159,328 | 44,422 | 27.9 |
Rochdale | 155,830 | 36,382 | 23.3 |
Salford | 164,982 | 38,842 | 23.5 |
Stockport | 216,973 | 57,636 | 26.6 |
Tameside | 164,062 | 46,355 | 28.3 |
Trafford | 163,677 | 32,843 | 20.1 |
Wigan | 235,043 | 42,305 | 18.0 |
ALL | 1,940,885 | 425,613 | 21.9 |
In July 2007 there was a rumour that Lord Smith, Sir Richard and Sir Howard had signed up the United manager together with Ken Barlow, the Hallé and Oasis. Now that Sir Alex has at last signed on, can the others be far behind? |
Recognise your car? Some anonymous poet is also circulating some brilliant spoof versions of the Yes Campaign posters - "ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD VOTE YES". Our favourite is the one that says - "VOTE YES because I won't pay the congestion charge - I'll just clone your number plate!!! - (Speeding and red light jumping will also increase as drivers race to beat the clock at the toll cordons.)" |
(Salford Advertiser) | In most of Greater Manchester the toll supporters denied thrice that they were, which made it confusing for voters. It also means that the net gain for each party does not mean much as in many of the districts not only were there false claims from Labour and Lib Dems that they opposed the tolls, there were also many Labour and Lib Dem candidates who genuinely opposed the tolls. But there was one ward where the issue was clear cut and that was Irlam in Salford where the Transport boss who is the figurehead for the tolls plan was standing. He went from first place to third - Salford Advertiser - "Shocks in Salford as Jones is out" Manchester Evening News - "Transport boss loses seat" MEN - "Setbacks for Labour in Salford" Crain's - "Leading pro-congestion charge campaigner drubbed at the polls" |
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