The Greater Manchester mayor was declared the constituency's new MP in the early hours of Friday, as he defeated his Reform UK rival to bring an end to his 9-year hiatus from the House of Commons.

The Greater Manchester mayor has spent the past four weeks campaigning as Labour's candidate in the seat as he seeks a return to the House of Commons.

'King of the North' Andy Burnham has swept to victory in the most significant by-election in modern times as he became MP for Makerfield after seeing off Reform UK's Rob Kenyon

The Greater Manchester mayor was declared the constituency's new MP in the early hours of Friday, as he defeated his Reform UK rival to bring an end to his 9-year hiatus from the…

Greater Manchester mayor's victory in Makerfield clears path for bid to unseat Starmer as prime minister.

Greater Manchester mayor's victory in Makerfield clears way for a bid to unseat Starmer as prime minister.

Andy Burnham, a British Labour lifer, is soon expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the country's top job, after re-entering the House of Commons via a by-election.

Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, positioning himself for a Labour leadership challenge. Leadership challenge by 2026 at 90% NO.

WIGAN (England), June 19 — Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will return to Britain’s parliament after winning an election in the north of England today, removing a...

Labour's Andy Burnham won the Makerfield parliamentary by-election on Friday, defeating Reform UK candidate Rob Kenyon and returning to Westminster after years as Greater…

Greater Manchester mayor says result represents Labour’s ‘final chance to change’, after soundly beating Reform UK and hardline Restore Britain

Andy Burnham has been declared the winner of the Makerfield by-election with nealry 25,000 votes - he promises "to lead by example from the front" and "focus on problem-solving…

Andy Burnham gained 24,927 votes - giving him a majority of 9,231. Reform's Robert Kenyon was a distant second with 15,696. Here's the results in full...

Veteran UK Labour politician Andy Burnham emphatically won a crunch by-election on Friday, securing a parliamentary seat and clearing the way for a widely expected leadership…

Greater Manchester mayor secures return to Westminster and could now trigger a leadership contest

The veteran Labour politician will return to the Commons after his by-election victory in Makerfield

The by-election victory paves the way for Burnham to challenge Keir Starmer's leadership.

In the end, it was not even close. Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election by a landslide, putting him firmly on course to be Britain’s next Prime Minister. The Mayor of…

Former Manchester mayor had made it clear he would challenge Sir Keir Starmer if he won the Makerfield by-election

WIGAN (England), June 19 — Labour mayor Andy Burnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after winning a parliamentary seat in northern England today…

Win for Greater Manchester mayor paves way for challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership