Andy Burnham warned Labour MPs they have a “final chance to change” after sweeping to victory in the Makerfield by-election.

Who would have thought that this man, who was once a plain and rather uninspiring New Labour minister, would one day become the great hope against the darkness?

The most important by-election in decades could be the first in history to decide who is prime minister – with the fate of the government in the hands of an electorate of 76,641…

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