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Chris Mason: Emphatic win leaves Starmer and Labour MPs with big decision
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- Chris Mason Political editor PA Media Andy Burnham couldn't have hoped for a better result than this.
- He has won and won big time, taking more votes than all his rivals combined.
- And so, the coming argument will go, he ought to be their party leader and your prime minister.
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Chris Mason Political editor PA Media Andy Burnham couldn't have hoped for a better result than this.
He has won and won big time, taking more votes than all his rivals combined.
Granted the Makerfield parliamentary seat has elected Labour MPs for yonks, but just a matter of weeks ago, at the local elections, Reform UK were dominant in this collection of towns broadly to the south of Wigan – places like Abram, Hindley, Orrell and Winstanley.
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