MANCHESTER, England (CN) — Andy Burnham won a large majority in a U.K. special election on Friday, returning him to Parliament and opening a pathway for the former Greater Manchester mayor to mount a leadership challenge against Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Burnham won 24,927 votes, or 55% of the total, defeating the right-wing party Reform UK by more than 9,000 votes in the Makerfield constituency many expected right-wing firebrand Nigel Farage’s insurgent party to threaten.
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