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Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election paving the way for him to challenge Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader.
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Labour veteran is expected to launch a leadership bid, but some critics feel he is yet to clarify his policy positionsUK politics – live updatesThis piece is extracted from our First Edition newsletter. To sign up, click hereAndy Burnham is heading back to the Commons after a resounding victory in Makerfield, putting Keir Starmer’s leadership on notice – and giving Reform something to think about. The – now to be former – mayor of Greater Manchester described it as the “most consequential byelec
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Reform UK's Dan Barker claimed his party would have beat "any other [Labour] candidate"
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From a hopeless candidate to botched strategy, this latest byelection defeat is telling. But for Labour, there is still a long and arduous journey aheadThe day before the voters of Makerfield chose their new MP, I stood with my camera-wielding colleague John Domokos on the main road through the post-industrial town of Hindley. Every two or three minutes, a van or small truck drew level with us, and there it was again: a honked horn, and a full-throated shout of “Reform!”But on our side of the st
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Andy Burnham delivers his victory speech after Makerfiled by-election.
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Burnham victory in Makerfield means Greater Manchester must find a new regional mayor.
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Burnham victory in Makerfield means Greater Manchester must find a new regional mayor.
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Reform's Richard Tice responds to the result of the Makerfield by-election.
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What Andy Burnham's win in the Makerfield by-election means for the prime minister.
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Andy Burnham’s positive vision has struck a powerful blow to Reform – but the PM risks diminishing the impact by clinging on in No 10Neal Lawson is director of the cross-party campaign organisation CompassThat tingle of emotion you felt when you awoke today? That is the long-lost feeling of progressive hope. That it comes from Makerfield is all the more remarkable. Reform has been defeated in a seat that it should have won at a canter – trailing Labour, even when its voteshare is combined with t
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Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election raises questions about Keir Starmer future as PM.
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The PM will see the stonking scale of Andy Burnham's victory - will it shift his outlook, his defiance, so frequently recently expressed?
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Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.
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Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.
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‘There will be no second chance’: Burnham’s Makerfield victory speech sets stage for a Starmer drama
There were no wild celebrations or champagne corks popping after the byelection because the result felt like the start of a whole new campaignUK politics – live updatesAndy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challengeWhile an election count normally feels like an ending, the culmination of long campaign, in Makerfield the declaration of Andy Burnham as the constituency’s new MP felt like just the beginning.In the days and weeks leading up to po
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Labour's Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for him to challenge Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader.
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The former Mayor of Greater Manchester won the Makerfield by-election - paving the way to challenge Starmer.