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Andy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge

Starmer leadership challenge Andy Burnham has set up a potential showdown with Keir Starmer after

Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain

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

PM sends Burnham and Labour warning over leadership contest

leadership contest Sir Keir Starmer has warned Andy Burnham against launching an immediate challenge to his leadership

Makerfield byelection: Burnham’s decisive win intensifies pressure on Starmer to step aside – UK politics live

Burnham won a special district election, allowing him to enter Parliament and launch a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer Keir Starmer has not yet congratulated Andy

Will Tony Blair's intervention change the Labour debate?

Andy Burnham - who could soon challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership - has also

Lib Dems can deliver actual savings, Makerfield candidate says

Andy Burnham widely expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership if he is successful

Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM

challenge Andy Burnham and others in a leadership race to replace Keir Starmer as prime

New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), who is facing a possible leadership challenge from Andy Burnham

Final push for votes in high stakes Makerfield by-election

Andy Burnham is expected to challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership

Burnham: 'People in Britain can't afford a good life'

Andy Burnham**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq6pv7e66m2t#player) Burnham is widely expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership

Mail on Sunday attacks Restore as split right creates headache for UK papers

Andy Burnham is attempting to return to parliament and challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership

Tuesday briefing: With unease at home spreading, what next for Russia’s isolated leader?

challenge Keir Starmer. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian **Andy Burnham’s (third) bid for the Labour leadership

Oil prices rise and bonds wobble as Iran war stokes inflation fears

Keir Starmer, could face a [leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/18/keir-starmer-not-setting-out-timetable-departure-david-lammy-andy-burnham-labour) from the Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham

Angela Rayner says Starmer should ‘reflect on’ stepping aside after HMRC clears her over tax affairs - UK politics live

Andy Burnham to challenge Keir Starmer. “I’m not doing deals or anything like that,” she said. Good morning. Today it looks as though the phoney Labour leadership

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

leadership challenge. ![Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets school children at a breakfast club with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham

Why UK’s Makerfield by-election matters far beyond one parliamentary seat

Andy Burnham to contest the seat. If Burnham wins, he intends to challenge UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Andy Burnham, seeking to fight the Makerfield byelection on a promise to challenge Keir Starmer for the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership

Leadership rules should ‘not be tweaked’ to let Burnham run for PM, Labour NEC member says

Andy Burnham to run, a member of the party’s National Executive Committee has said. With the [health secretary preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

What next for Starmer? Five scenarios in Labour leadership crisis

challenged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's grip on power but there is still no clear resolution to the leadership crisis affecting Labour. Andy Burnham

Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

Andy Burnham as leader), and **Keir Starmer** delivers what you could see as a hustings speech this morning. Leaders can survive challenges. In 1995 John Major was widely seen as doomed, but Michael Portillo postponed