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05.09.2023 - 14:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A by-election to replace a Manchester councillor who resigned amid rumours she lives 200 miles away will be taking place this week. Julia Baker Smith stood down as a Labour councillor representing Brooklands ward in July.
She resigned with 'immediate effect' due to the 'serious illness of a close family member' who is living on the Isle of Wight. A new councillor will be elected to represent the ward in Wythenshawe on Thursday (September 7).
Among the candidates standing in the by-election is a former Bournemouth councillor who stood for the seat last year while still representing residents more than 250 miles away. Conservative candidate Norman Decent, who moved to Manchester during the pandemic, is no longer a Kinson councillor.
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He will be standing as a Trafford council candidate next year.
Representing Labour at the by-election is Dave Marsh who stood in Woodhouse Park in May.
He missed out on a council seat after losing to the Greens by just 146 votes – the narrowest margin at the last local elections in Manchester. Two of the other candidates standing in the Brooklands by-election - Grace Buczkowska for the Greens and Dylan Anthony Evans for Reform UK - contested this seat last year while Euan Thomas Stewart is standing for the Lib Dems this time.
Whoever wins the vote will become one of three councillors representing Brooklands ward at Manchester council. The seat, which the outgoing councillor was first elected to in 2021, will be up for re-election next year.
Julia Baker Smith served as a councillor on the Isle of Wight until she resigned two years before being elected in Manchester. The Labour councillor said she
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