George Galloway speaks during his party's manifesto launch.George Galloway has lost his seat after just 126 days as MP for Rochdale.
The Workers Party of Great Britain leader was only elected in a stunning by-election victory in March.
But he was defeated by Labour’s Paul Waugh, bringing an end to his short-lived return to Westminster.
Galloway did not even turn up to hear the result being declared.
Labour's Paul Waugh has won the seat of Rochdale, finishing ahead of George Galloway in the vote.#GeneralElection2024https://t.co/xItZsH7tea
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Waugh is a longstanding journalist and a former political editor of HuffPost UK.
He unsuccessfully stood to be Labour’s candidate at the by-election, but was defeated by Azhar Ali.
However, the party ended up withdrawing its support for him over secretly-recorded comments he made about Israel. Galloway was then elected with a majority of 5,697.
