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10/09/2014
Labour Set Heywood and Middleton By-Election For 09 Oct
A by-election for Heywood and Middleton is to be held on 09 October, Labour has announced following the death of MP Jim Dobbin.
It is the second by-election to be called for 09 October, with another also being held in Clacton, which was brought about by the defection of Tory MP Douglas Carswell to UKIP.
Labour moved the by-election writ in the Commons on Wednesday morning.
Mr Dobbin died on the weekend while on a Parliamentary trip to Poland. He was 73-years-old.
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It is the second by-election to be called for 09 October, with another also being held in Clacton, which was brought about by the defection of Tory MP Douglas Carswell to UKIP.
Labour moved the by-election writ in the Commons on Wednesday morning.
Mr Dobbin died on the weekend while on a Parliamentary trip to Poland. He was 73-years-old.
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