Labour were the victims of a major scalp in Manchester’s council elections this year after its deputy leader was ousted by George Galloway’s Workers Party of Britain.
Local elections 2024: Royal Mail issue statement after postal votes delivered late in Rochdale
01.05.2024 - 12:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Some residents away from the area on election week may not have been able to cast their votes after delivery delays have hit Rochdale.
Postal vote packs have only been received by some in the borough as late as April 29 or April 30, meaning that if they were on holiday this week, they would not be able to exercise their democratic right. Coun Tom Besford, who is standing to retain his council seat in Littleborough Lakeside, claims this delay has disenfranchised voters, in his ward particularly - putting the blame at the door of the Royal Mail.
The delivery service stated that all election material is no longer in their base at Rochdale.
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They did explain there had been delays this year which came as a result of printer issues during one step of the process of delivering the packs.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “We have a specialist elections team that plans every aspect of the elections delivery programmes and works closely with local authorities to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible.
“We have investigated concerns with the delivery of postal votes in Greater Manchester and found one isolated incidence of delay but no widespread issues, this delay has since been rectified and postal votes have continued to be delivered as ordered.”
Coun Besford explained that the council posted their voting packs on April 19 latest first class, leading to confusion as to how they have been delivered so late. He said he had been told of other issues around the Greater Manchester region, but other authorities have not reported any delivery problems out of the ordinary when approached by the Local Democracy
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