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He is the leader of the Labour group on Lancashire county council, a former government adviser under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and has received an OBE for services to his local community.

He described Rochdale’s late MP, Tony Lloyd, who died from blood cancer in January, as a “dear friend”, adding that he wanted to “continue his legacy”.

There is talk that Labour members could switch their support to Danczuk, who is standing for Reform UK – the former Brexit party, led by the multimillionaire Richard Tice.

Donaldson has accused Labour of “taking people for granted”, while saying the Conservatives had inflicted the “double whammy of a cost of living crisis and an NHS on its knees”.

Starmer’s refusal to back a ceasefire in Gaza, and the ensuing dissatisfaction, particularly among Muslim voters, has been used as ammunition by Galloway, but some question whether he has the widespread appeal needed to top the ballot.

Other candidates standing in Thursday’s election include William Howarth, a co-founder of Parents Against Grooming UK, and Rev Mark Coleman, a climate campaigner who spent five weeks in prison last year for taking part in an Insulate Britain sit-in protest in London.

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