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In The Room | Makerfield by-election: Has Andy Burnham united the left?

In The Room | Makerfield by-election: Has Andy Burnham united the left?
The Independent UK Friday 19 June 2026, 17:38 UTC By Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson 1 min read
Key Points

It wasn’t so close after all. Andy Burnham achieved 9,241 votes more than the second place Reform candidate, Robert Kenyon. Even talk of Restore Britain stealing votes from Reform mattered little in the end.

It wasn’t so close after all. Andy Burnham achieved 9,241 votes more than the second place Reform candidate, Robert Kenyon. Even talk of Restore Britain stealing votes from Reform mattered little in the end. The reality of the Makerfield by-election is it’s a thumping win for Labour’s Andy Burnham, and a disappointing night for Nigel Farage, whose attempts to dial up division in recent weeks didn’t pay off.

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Andy Burnham (PERSON) Robert Kenyon (PERSON) Britain (LOCATION) Makerfield (PERSON) Labour (ORG) Nigel Farage (PERSON)
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