Andy Burnham, Labour’s most popular politician, beat the populist right-wing Reform U. K. party in the Makerfield by-election.
Source: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/world/europe/uk-makerfield-election.html)
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Labour's Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the country.