Burnham Crushes Far-Right Rival, Sets Sights on Starmer’s Job
Part of composite article Andy Burnham’s Landslide Win in Makerfield Sparks Immediate Talk of Replacing Starmer as Labour Leader View full article →
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham won a decisive by-election victory in the Makerfield constituency on Thursday, defeating the far-right Reform UK candidate by a wide margin. The win secures Burnham a seat in Parliament and fuels his long-held ambition to challenge Keir Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party. Burnham, a former cabinet minister under Gordon Brown, now aims to unseat Starmer as party leader and, eventually, the prime minister. The result signals a fresh internal battle for Labour’s direction.