Workers Party of Great Britain leader George Galloway has been defeated in Rochdale.
Galloway, who was attempting to hold his Greater Manchester constituency, was defeated by Labour’s Paul Waugh, the former political journalist for the i newspaper and Huffington Post.
Waugh topped the poll with 13,047 votes, Galloway came a close second with 11,508.
The controversial broadcaster did not turn up at to the count in Rochdale.