mark coleman, 455. simon christopher danczuk, reform uk candidate, 1,968. iain donaldson, liberal democrat candidate, 2,164. applause paul simon ellison, the conservative party candidate, 3,731. applause george galloway, workers party of britain candidate, 12,... cheering 12,335. michael howarth, independent candidate, 246. applause william howarth, independent

candidate, 523. applause guy otten, green party candidate, 436. ravin rodent subortna, official monster raving loony party candidate, 209. cheering david anthony tully, independent candidate, 6,648. cheering and applause that was 6,638. i do hereby declare that george

galloway is duly elected. cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. the cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. ., ., , welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank — welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank you. _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. thank you, ladies _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.796. thank you, ladies and - 39.7%. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. mr galloway... so george galloway will now come to the stage. keir starmer, this is for gaza. applause you have paid, and you will pay, a high price for the role that you have played in enabling, encouraging and covering for the catastrophe presently going on in occupied palestine in the gaza strip.

rochdale town councillors, i put you on notice now that i hope to put together a grand alliance of all the parties to re move... you together a grand alliance of all the parties to re move...— parties to re move... you are a climate change _ parties to re move... you are a climate change denier. - parties to re move... you are a climate change denier. you - parties to re move... you are a| climate change denier. you said parties to re move... you are a - climate change denier. you said that you wanted — climate change denier. you said that you wanted to extract oil and gas from _ you wanted to extract oil and gas from the — you wanted to extract oil and gas from the north sea... be you wanted to extract oil and gas from the north sea...— from the north sea... be quiet! shouti from the north sea... be quiet! suoun ijthjh _ from the north sea... be quiet! suoun ijthjh ng _ shouti lthlth ng (chanting) galloway! galloway galloway. galloway! galloway! i want to put the town councillors on notice that we intend to clean

the town hall clock. i make, of course, no disrespect to the returning officer and his fine staff, who ran this campaign today and this count this evening virtually flawlessly, nor any public servant in the town hall, but the councillors have to go. and i intend to try to put together a grand alliance that will change rochdale for the better. just 12 weeks from now, at the local election. i thank god for this great victory. i thank my wife, my six children, my five grandchildren, who have all been working in this campaign. ithank have all been working in this campaign. i thank my agent, my campaign. i thank my agent, my campaign manager, my dearfriend and

wise counsel. i thank all of my campaign team for the followman malwork that they did. i thank the people of rochdale, who voted for me in such numbers, but promise to work faithfully for all rich detailians and to —— rochdaleans and to work for the day when you can again be born in rochdale. applause again be born in rochdale. i want to tell mr starmer above all that the lthlthlth have shifted tonight. and as jacob rees—mogg just said on television, in talking of me as a parliamentary orator of note, that keir starmer�*s problems just

got 100% more serious than they were before today. this is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the tectonic plates, in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north—west, in the west midlands, in london, from ilford to bethnal green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters, who loyally and traditionally voted for them, generation after generation. i've heard some of the narrative being spun around this election result this evening. yes, it's true that every muslim is bitterly angry at

keir starmer and his misnamed labour party, but you would be very foolish if you did not realise that millions of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmerand of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmer and rishi of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmerand rishi sunak are two cheeks of the same backside. and they both got well and truly spanked tonight here in rochdale. finally, i congratulate david tully on his remarkable achievement. cheering and applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this by—election, and trust that even the most biased journalist in the room will realise that this is the first time ever in

british political history that the two big parties of the state were thoroughly and soundly beaten. yes! and i thoroughly and soundly beaten. yes! and | think that — thoroughly and soundly beaten. yes! and i think that that will not have been missed in downing street or wherever keir starmer currently hangs out. i look forward to working with mr tully and i hope he'lljoin the grand alliance to wipe rochdale's town hall clean, because this town has been badly let down. once one of the most prosperous towns in england, now one of the poorest. whose heart has been, piece by piece, removed. the maternity, the a&d. i understand you can't even be locked up in rochdale. there's

not even a jail cell to toss a miscreant in. mr danczuk might be glad to hear it. but the biggest new threat that we face is the possibility of the extinction of the proud rochdale football club. and i pledge that i will work tirelessly — i hope with the town council, as changed in 12 weeks' time, to save the dale. god blast he. god bless rochdale, god bless gaza. cheering and applause so that is george galloway, who has won the rochdale by—election with 12,335 votes, a majority ofjust over 5,500. as we heard there in his

victory speech, he took aim at the leader, sir keir starmer. he said this is for gaza and he'll pay a high price for the catastrophe in gaza. i said that mr starmer, above all, the plates have shifted tonight. he said this is going to spark a movement, a landslides, again saying moving the tectonic plates. mr galloway went on to say labour is on notice. they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters. then he said keir starmer and rishi sunak, and i quote him, "are two cheeks of the same backside and they got well and truly spanked in rochdale". he thanked his campaign team and he also thanked the people of rochdale who voted for him but he also promised to work for everyone in rochdale. he also went on to congratulate the independent candidate david tully, who came second, with 6,638 votes. he said

the result will not have been missed in or with sir keir starmer. well, with can now take a look at that result in full. let us look at the graphic and you will be able to see there, george galloway, the workers party of britain. then, as i said, a remarkable second place for david tully with 6,638 votes. then, in third place, you have paul ellison, who is the conservative candidate, with 3,731. then you can see azhar ali — officially he was on the ballot because it couldn't be changed — as the labour candidate, although the party did disown him. he got 2,402 votes. iain donaldson from the lib dems there with 2,164. and the

reform party candidate simon danczuk with 1,968. so we can now see what that means for the share of the vote. and as you can see, the george galloway workers party of britain getting 40% of the share of the vote. and the independent candidate, david tully, getting 21% with the conservatives down there with 12%. what does that mean for the share change? here you can see, of course, up change? here you can see, of course, up 40% because they were not standing last time, george galloway�*s party and the independent up galloway�*s party and the independent up there by 21%. then you can see the conservatives are down 19% and that huge bloc down for labour by 44%. so what does that mean for the swing? well, here is the swing in the vote. who doesn't like a swingometerjust before 3:00 in the morning? you can see that 41.8% swing from labour to george

galloway�*s workers party of britain. let's head back to the count our political correspondent. a big win for george galloway, peter? $5 for george galloway, peter? sis expected, for george galloway, peter? is expected, as we've been predicting for the last few hours, he did win comfortably. he's speaking next to me speaking to another broadcaster and we hope to speak to him shortly. you heard him give that speech there saying this was a very, very strong message he was sending particularly to the leader of the labour party, keir starmer, that the muslim population was fed up with labour's position on that and want him to take a stronger stance on what israel is doing in gaza right now. just to go through some of the other candidates too, extraordinary result really for the independent candidates dave tully, who came from nowhere really. he was not involved in politics at all until a few weeks ago and came second in this by—election and did so fairly comfortable, pushing the conservatives into third and the labour candidate, azhar ali — who, of course, was dropped by the party

earlier in the campaign — finished fourth. any hope that he might have had of perhaps coming through with his name next to the labour red rose on the ballot was dashed. the liberal democrats came fifth the reform uk, a disappointing position for them, reform uk, a disappointing position forthem, simon reform uk, a disappointing position for them, simon danczuk in sixth. we wait to hear, really, from george galloway now, who is the star of this by—election, making an extraordinary comeback to front—line politics, once again. and making the case there that actually this would potentially be the first of many seats falling, he said, across the north—west of england, the midlands, and london, areas with large muslim populations, that he believes want to send a very strong message indeed to send a very strong message indeed to the leered of the labour party. if you are just if you arejustjoining us if you are justjoining us at 3:00, george galloway has won the rochdale by—election. peter saull is our political correspondent who is there. peter, what do you think the

labour leader, sir keir starmer, is going to make of this? because george galloway firmly taking aim at him in his victory speech. i george galloway firmly taking aim at him in his victory speech.— him in his victory speech. i think keir starmer _ him in his victory speech. i think keir starmer will _ him in his victory speech. i think keir starmer will have _ him in his victory speech. i think keir starmer will have to - him in his victory speech. i think keir starmer will have to come l him in his victory speech. i think i keir starmer will have to come out and say something in the morning on this, or indeed someone from the shadow cabinet will. they will clearly, i'm sure, want to play down the significance of this. there were a particular set of circumstances surrounding their candidate in this by—election, but this is damaging, it is a headache for the labour party, no doubt about it. there'll be so much attention on george galloway who when he does turn up in the houses of parliament, and he's extolling a point of view that does still exist, actually, among labour members of parliament — perhaps not to quite the tent of george galloway. a lot of those labour members are now independent. jeremy corbyn, who george galloway supported when he was leader, is still there and has been calling for some time for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. should be noted that labour has now said that it does back an immediate humanitarian ceasefire — thatis

immediate humanitarian ceasefire — that is reflective of where the