Simon Danczuk received death threats during the selection process. The postal ballot got a 78% turnout and Danczuk received almost twice as many votes as the second-placed candidate. Seven members of Rochdale Labour Party who were accused of bringing the Labour party into disrepute by criticising his behaviour were expelled, or resigned, after a disciplinary hearing in September 2009. In the 2010 general election, Danczuk won 16,699 votes, unseating incumbent Liberal Democrat Paul Rowen, who received 15,810 as Conservative Mudasir Dean polled 8,305, despite the incident leading to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's "bigoted woman" remark having occurred in Rochdale. In May 2011,
Gordon Brown (footballer, born 1929) at Nottingham City Hospital at the age of 81 on the morning of 15 August 2010. Gordon Brown (footballer, born 1929) Gordon Steele Brown (21 March 1929 – 15 August 2010) was an English footballer. Born in Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire, Brown played junior football in Worksop before signing a professional contract with Nottingham Forest in December 1946. He joined York City in June 1950 after serving in the British Army in 1948 to 1949.<ref name="YORK CITY : 1946/47 – 2003/04"></ref> He was a member of the team which played in the FA Cup semi-final in 1955. He left the club