Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:30 UTC
Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament
Andy Burnham, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor has won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament, and is ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party leadership saying he wants “to lay out a new path for Britain“ and Labour needs to ”make life affordable” again.
Burnham defeated the Reform U.K. party candidate by more than 9,000 votes, taking nearly 55% of the vote, in the election in Makerfield, in north-west England.
A prominent figure on the party’s left often identified as a Labor’s “King in the North,” Burnham said in his victory speech that Makerfield was “not a stepping stone” but a “touchstone,” promising to put neglected communities at the center of his politics.
