Andy Burnham returns to Parliament as calls grow for Keir Starmer to step aside (opens in new tab)

Andy Burnham secured a decisive victory in the Makerfield by-election, returning to the House of Commons and placing fresh pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer as divisions within the Labour Party deepen. The former Greater Manchester mayor won 24,927 votes, taking 54.8 per cent of the vote in the Lancashire constituency. Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon finished second with 15,696 votes, equivalent to 34.5 per cent. Turnout reached 58.8 per cent, exceeding the constituency's participatio...