Labour's Bev Craig wins by-election to succeed Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester mayor
Labour retained the mayoralty after a supplementary-vote count, with 538,659 ballots cast and Sian Astley finishing second.
- Bev Craig won the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, securing 66.3% of the vote in the second round under the supplementary vote system to retain the seat for the Labour Party.
- The historic by-election was triggered by Andy Burnham's resignation after he won a seat back in Parliament during the Makerfield by-election.
- Craig defeated Reform UK candidate Sian Astley, who placed second with 33.7% after second-preference votes were counted, following an initial candidate field of seven.
- She becomes the first female Metro Mayor of Greater Manchester, having previously served as the Leader of Manchester City Council since 2021.
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After the departure of Andy Burnham, Bev Craig has been elected as the new mayor of the Manchester metropolitan area in north-west England. Like her predecessor, the new British Prime Minister, Craig belongs to the Labour Party. The chairman of the Manchester City Council clearly prevailed against the candidate of the right-wing populist reform UK, Sian Astley. Burnham congratulated Craig on Saturday at a rally in Manchester: "You are the right …
Bev Craig won 47.15 % of the vote, compared to 21 % for the far right Reform UK party in this vast agglomeration of 2.5 million inhabitants in the north-west of the country.
British Labourers have retained Greater Manchester City Hall. Bev Craig won 47.15% of the vote, compared to 21% for the Reform UK Anti-Immigration Party in this vast agglomeration of 2.5 million inhabitants.
The candidate Bev Craig is now the new mayor and has won over the right-wing party candidate Reform UK, Sian Astley, by 309,525 votes against 157,178
The United Kingdom's ruling Labour Party easily retained the mayoral post in the northern region of Greater Manchester on Friday after an election boosted by the return of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to parliament.
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