More selection news from Greater Manchester this afternoon: James Edsberg has been selected to fight the redrawn Blackley and Broughton constituency.
The seat is predominantly created out of the existing Manchester Blackley constituency and takes in part of Hazel Blears' existing Salford seat.
The Labour notional majority of 13,060 over the Lib Dems will be defended by MP Graham Stringer. The Conservatives start in third place with 13% of the vote.
Jonathan Isaby