Martin Ford 10 March 2026

Councils urged to tackle family voting

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Councils have been challenged to focus on tackling family voting in May's local elections.

The practice – in which people are pressured or directed to vote in a certain way – has been brought into focus following allegation it was rife in the recent Gorton and Denton by-election.

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