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  "path": "/uk/analysis/2026/05/06/labour-in-kirklees/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T21:36:12.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
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    "Democracy",
    "Labour Party",
    "Ed Sykes"
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  "textContent": "Labour may be looking at a near-wipeout on Kirklees Council, and one independent candidate told us the “demoralisation” among Labour campaigners is palpable. Labour knows its time is up in Kirklees Mike Forster is a longtime campaigner who’s running in the diverse and deprived Ashbrow ward as a candidate for the People’s Alliance for Change […]\n\nBy Ed Sykes",
  "title": "Independents gain support as people dump Labour in Kirklees"
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