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Makerfield: the local election that could change the UK

Makerfield: the local election that could change the UK
France 24 Wednesday 17 June 2026, 10:53 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Makerfield: the local election that could change the UK Europe Issued on: Modified: Share Just over 75,000 people in the constituency of #Makerfield, near #Manchester, will be voting for their new representative in parliament on June 18th… possibly leading to the fall of the #UK’s prime minister.
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