Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Burnham

Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning 47.15% of the votes in the first round, just shy of the 50% needed to win outright.

LONDON - Britain’s ruling Labour Party comfortably retained the mayoralty of northern Greater Manchester on Aug 1, following an election triggered by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament.Bev Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning

Labour candidate Bev Craig won the largest by-election in British history to succeed Andy Burnham after defeating Reform's Sian Astley in the second round of votes

"You are the right person to lead this great city region forward into its best decade ever, because that is what the next decade is going to be," the PM told Ms Craig. She told the crowd: "Come Monday morning, I'll be at that desk, rising to the challenge, with even more power."

Prime Minister hails Bev Craig 'Queen of the North' as she becomes Mayor | ITV News  ITVX

Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor after winning Thursday's by-election.

Belfast native Bev Craig was declared the winner more than 24 hours after polling stations closed.

Labour candidate Bev Craig wins the largest by-election in British history - here’s the breakdown of results in full

The UK's ruling Labour Party comfortably retained the mayoralty of northern Greater Manchester following an election triggered by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's return to parliament.

Labour hold onto Greater Manchester mayoralty as party’s ‘Burnham bounce’ sees off threat of Reform

Labour Party candidate Bev Craig has been elected mayor of Greater Manchester after Andy Burnham left that job to become Britain's prime minister

Labour's Bev Craig wins election to succeed Andy Burnham as Manchester Mayor  GB News

Labour’s Bev Craig has been elected as the new mayor of Greater Manchester by a comfortable margin over…

Bev Craig is elected as Manchester’s new Labour mayor  The Times

Labour's Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoralty to succeed Andy Burnham  lbc.co.uk

Counting has been taking place in what has been described as the largest by-election in British history - the race to replace Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

The by-election will be the biggest in UK history with more than two million people eligible to vote.