George Galloway loses Rochdale seat to Labour’s Paul Waugh

Workers party leader removed from Commons seat he had won in February byelection dominated by Gaza war

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George Galloway has been removed from parliament after a four-month stint as the MP for Rochdale, losing his seat to Labour by 1,400 votes.

Galloway, who took the seat for his Workers party in a February byelection dominated by the conflict in Gaza, did not attend the announcement, at which it was announced that the former political journalist Paul Waugh had won the seat for Labour.