Burnham eyes Labour leadership path via Makerfield by-election
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Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester’s mayor nicknamed the King of the North, is pursuing a Makerfield parliamentary seat to stake a claim in Labour’s national leadership after Wes Streeting resigns to enter the contest; his main challenger is Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon, and the by-election could become a litmus test for Labour’s northern appeal as Keir Starmer’s leadership faces scrutiny amid ongoing economic and political tensions.
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- Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them BBC
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