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URLs responding — Michael Elston's recorded URLs returned successful HTTP responses at the 2026-09-07 audit. This does not establish that campaign content survived.
Independent: 59% responding across the party · this candidate: responding.See the cohort ↗
Stood in Bury South — 3 of 3 sites responding (100%) · 0 unreachable · 0 redirected
E14001145 · North West · England · 74,598 electorate · Halftone: more / larger paper dots = lower response rate.
April site-wide text vs the 2026-09-21 homepage fetch of https://www.michael-elston.com: 23 sentences still present, 21 no longer found, 18 new. These are candidates for review, not proof a sentence was withdrawn.The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page. A missing sentence is not matched to a replacement.
The snapshot lists 5 of 21 sentences that were not found. The rest are counted, not quoted here.
Before · April 2025
MICHAEL ELSTON INDEPENDENT Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan GREATER MANCHESTER AN END TO PARTY POLITICS It's not surprising that Party Politics is so bitterly divisive, each of the old political parties having exploited those segments of socie
Gap: no replacement sentence is matched. The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page.
Before · April 2025
Independents won 228 seats at this year's local elections and there are now 461 Independent candidates, spread across 317 constituencies, standing in the General Election, together with 14 parties of Independents, fielding a further 26 candidates between them. #4thJuly #IndependentsDay #VoteMichaelE
Gap: no replacement sentence is matched. The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page.
Before · April 2025
top of page MICHAEL ELSTON INDEPENDENT Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan GREATER MANCHESTER If you would like to volunteer for Greater Manchester's Neighbourhood Watch, please email: volunteer@michael-elston.com For enquiries about Michael Elst
Gap: no replacement sentence is matched. The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page.
Before · April 2025
26th July 2022 Michael Elston visits Ukraine Direct TV's news report and article: Channel 5's news report and article: 20th March 2021 NYAS 'Trouble With The Law' Campaign I am supporting the National Youth Advocacy Service's campaign, which calls for better support and protection for care-experienc
Gap: no replacement sentence is matched. The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page.
Before · April 2025
top of page MICHAEL ELSTON INDEPENDENT Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan GREATER MANCHESTER Michael Elston's NHS Survey When I first stood in the local elections in 2018, I invited members of the public and medical professionals alike to write
Gap: no replacement sentence is matched. The April text covers the whole scraped site; the later text is one homepage fetch. A sentence can be missing from that homepage and still exist on another page.
New on the later homepage, not matched to a removed sentence
I have read all your correspondence and I'll continue trying to get back to everyone as soon as I have the opportunity. The potentially precedent-setting inquest into the death of Del Dimmock will proceed at Southwark Coroner's Court on 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th December 00005. The first trial relat This sentence is only on the later homepage. No April sentence is matched to it. 21 September 2026 · https://www.michael-elston.com
5pm - 6pm - Classical Indian Dance Workshop 6:30pm - 10:30pm - Manchester Fancy Dress Ball 9th November 2025 Greater Manchester Holiday Celebrations Dance has become synonymous with The Greater Manchester Holiday and this year I'm hosting two events; the first is on 9th November itself at: Fairfie This sentence is only on the later homepage. No April sentence is matched to it. 21 September 2026 · https://www.michael-elston.com
10:45am - 11:45am - Bollywood Dance 12midday - 1:45pm - Talk about the Mobberley Dance Tradition and Sailor's Hornpipe Workshop 6pm - 7pm - Salsa Class 8pm - 11:30pm - Baroque Music Nightclub 5th November 2025 Guy Fawkes' Night Firework Display by BBB Fireworks, Winners of the British Firework Champ This sentence is only on the later homepage. No April sentence is matched to it. 21 September 2026 · https://www.michael-elston.com
Didsbury Sports Ground, Ford Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RU 4th July 2024 Independents Day There are 461 Independent candidates, spread across 317 constituencies, standing in the General Election, together with 14 parties of Independents fielding a further 26 candidates between them. Michdemocracy This sentence is only on the later homepage. No April sentence is matched to it. 21 September 2026 · https://www.michael-elston.com
26th July 2022 Michael Elston visits Ukraine Direct TV's ne ws report and article: The British support Ukraine both in word and deed: Manchester mayoral candidate Michael Elston visited Kyiv | Direct (prm.ua) Channel 5's news report and article: "No more wars!": how the British Michael Elston suppordefence This sentence is only on the later homepage. No April sentence is matched to it. 21 September 2026 · https://www.michael-elston.com
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HTTP result: Responding (HTTP 200) at the 2026-09-07 audit
Candidate-name signal: surname matched in the response body (heuristic only)
Source evidence and excerpts
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