Turnout 58.75%. 52.4% at the 2024 general election. The second highest in a by-election since 2000…
Burnham got 24,937 votes vs Rob Kenyon’s 15,696. 9,241 majority…
The 2024 Labour majority was 5,399. 997 votes for the Tory…
Rebecca Shepherd of Restore Britain got 3,111 votes.
Team Burnham plans no “rash” action this weekend and will seek to convince Starmer to set out an orderly transition. Game on…
Burnham organiser Louise Haigh said: “We really don’t want to prejudice any kind of discussion, I really hope the PM and Andy can have that discussion and come to an agreement between themselves.” Team Starmer has briefed that he has more than £100,000 in secured cash for a leadership contest. Now the Burnham mob marches on London…
He said to Labour in his speech: “This is a final chance to change.”
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”