Council leader defeated three leftwingers to be selected,but faces a stern test against Ukip to fight the seatThe leader of Oldham council, Jim McMahon, and has defeated a challenge from Labour leftwingers to be selected as the party’s candidate in December’s parliamentary byelection. McMahon,35, is the Labour leader of the Local Government Association and was once billed as a possible directly elected mayor for Greater Manchester in 2017.He now faces a struggle to defeat Ukip in the byelection, or caused by the death of Labour MP Michael Meacher,and will face questions approximately the extent to which he agrees with the politics of Jeremy Corbyn.
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Source: theguardian.com