{"id":6810,"date":"2022-05-06T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2022\/05\/06\/greens-celebrate-historic-win-after-taking-seat-labour-woodhouse-park\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:18:28","slug":"greens-celebrate-historic-win-after-taking-seat-labour-woodhouse-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/greens-celebrate-historic-win-after-taking-seat-labour-woodhouse-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens celebrate historic win after taking seat from Labour in Woodhouse Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lvSIXU0C3k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{160}\" paraid=\"1\">As usual, Manchester is a sea of mostly red when it comes to elections. There were 32 seats up for grabs, with Labour retaining 30 wards and the&nbsp;Liberal Democrats keeping&nbsp;one.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{160}\" paraid=\"1\">The headline of the night was the Greens stealing the seat from Labour in Woodhouse Park&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{166}\" paraid=\"2\">There was a disappointingly low turnout this year, with some wards dropping as low as 15%&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{176}\" paraid=\"4\">In Ancoats and Beswick\u2019s transgender Lib Dem candidate, Chris Northwood, failed to be elected. However it was a close call, with Irene Robinson, the Labour candidate, winning by 98 votes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{176}\" paraid=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewxvB8yg8Qo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{186}\" paraid=\"6\">Back in February the sitting councillor for Ancoats and Beswick, Marcia Hutchinson, resigned and spoke about&nbsp;bullying allegations in the Labour party.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{186}\" paraid=\"6\">She claimed that she had been&nbsp;\u2018targeted\u2019 and expressed her hope&nbsp;that the new councillor would be able to rectify a \u2018toxic culture\u2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"8457\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_10.png\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Green party candidate Astrid Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{196}\" paraid=\"8\">But the big story of the day saw the election of Green party candidate&nbsp;Astrid Johnson for Woodhouse Park.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{196}\" paraid=\"8\">The last time she stood for the council, Johnson got 92 votes, but this time she won the seat with a margin of 150 votes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{212}\" paraid=\"11\">In her acceptance speech, Johnson said: \u201cTo get real things done you can only work together. I\u2019m absolutely prepared to work with anybody for the good of the ward I was elected to represent and for the whole of Manchester.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{226}\" paraid=\"14\">\u201cSo you have to ask Labour the question: will they do the same, because Woodhouse Park is still Manchester?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{232}\" paraid=\"15\">She praised the incumbent councillor, Labour\u2019s Sarah Judge, saying: \u201cShe has been doing hard work. A lot of people in Woodhouse Park will be disappointed \u2013 her general work has been amazing. I personally find the politics where you have an adversary, where you\u2019re pitted against each other, I don\u2019t agree with. I think we need proportional representation.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{238}\" paraid=\"16\">\u201cWhy should a good person be ejected from the council because I happen to have a few more votes?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{10177182-c66f-452b-8d31-bb44b263f99a}{244}\" paraid=\"17\">\u201cBut I\u2019m incredibly humbled and grateful to the residents\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As usual, Manchester is a sea of mostly red when it comes to elections. 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