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Makerfield by-Election Result as Burnham Storms to Victory
Burnham won with 24,927 votes as turnout reached 58.75%, and the result opens a July race to replace him as Greater Manchester mayor.
- On Friday, June 19, 2026, Andy Burnham won the Makerfield parliamentary by-election with 24,927 votes, securing his return to Westminster after leaving local office.
- Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon finished second with 15,696 votes, while Restore Britain's Rebecca Shepherd took third with 3,111 votes in a contest drawing 45,476 total ballots.
- Turnout reached 58.70% of the electorate, with Burnham declaring in his victory speech that Labour had a "final chance to change" and there would "be no second chance."
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer congratulated the new MP on X, writing: "Voters chose Labour's campaign of hope and optimism over division and hate."
- Burnham's victory necessitates his resignation as Mayor of Greater Manchester, with a mayoral contest scheduled for July to elect his replacement; speculation mounts over a potential move into Number 10.
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