Voting fraud? George Galloway launches legal battle over election defeat

Former MP George Galloway has launched a legal challenge over his defeat at Thursday’s general election and claims to have evidence of “malpractice” in postal voting.

Galloway won the Bradford West seat in a 2012 by-election but lost it to Labour candidate Naz Shah on Thursday, who secured a majority of more than 11,000 votes.

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Galloway claims the results were affected by “false statements” made by the Labour candidate during the election campaign.

He has accused Shah of lying about him on Urdu-language television and falsely claiming she was forced into marriage.

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