“I will vote for Andy, he’s a Northerner,” says 78-year-old Andrew Cobb, standing in the centre of Ashton-in-Makerfield.
It’s a good sign for Andy Burnham, the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester who dramatically announced he intends to stand as the party’s candidate here in a by-election.
Josh Simons, the current Labour MP for Makerfield, was only elected less than two years ago but has agreed to stand down to give Burnham a chance to turn around his party’s fortunes.
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Mr Cobb is exactly the kind of voter Burnham needs to win over.
