The Revd Mark Coleman stood as an independent candidate in the Rochdale by-election on 29 February. He gained 455 votes. He was a vicar in Rochdale and he has spent time in prison for his part in Insulate Britain protests. He talked to Stephen Tomkins shortly before the election

How do you come to be standing in the by-election?
I’ve been in Rochdale for ten years. I moved here to be the vicar of two town centre parishes, I retired, and I continued to live here…

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This is an extract from an article published in the April 2024 edition of Reform

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