Labour holds Greater Manchester mayoralty after counting goes to second round

Bev Craig will succeed Andy Burnham, whose departure for Westminster triggered the special election.

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.

Burnham's departure to Downing Street was supposed to leave Labour vulnerable. Instead, Bev Craig has shown the party's coalition is bigger than one politician, completing a journey that could hardly be more Mancunian

Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.

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 wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election after marathon vote count  ITVX

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

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

Council leader Bev Craig beats the Reform UK candidate in a second-round run-off

Labour candidate Bev Craig won an election to replace Andy Burnham as mayor of Greater Manchester, in a boost for the new UK prime minister as he seeks to turn around the governing party’s popularity with British voters.

Labour's Bev Craig has beaten off Reform in the polls with a two-thirds majority to become Greater Manchester's new mayor.

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

The Greater Manchester mayor vote was triggered after Andy Burnham’s resignation from the role last month following his Makerfield parliamentary election victory, which paved the way for his No10 bid

Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local elections Labour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens. Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council lead

It is the largest by-election in British history, with more than two million people across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester eligible to vote

Labour, Reform and Restore await verdict as polls close in race to replace Andy Burnham  GB News

With days to go in Greater Manchester’s historic mayoral by-election, both Labour and Reform candidates stand accused of dodging multiple community hustings. One was a hustings organised on 26 July by the Forum of Muslim Organisations (FMO). Then there was the Mill hustings on 27 July. Another was hosted by grassroots

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A new coalition of community groups is trying to cut through the confusion of Greater Victoria’s complex voting landscape ahead of the civic elections in October.