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Andy Burnham decisively wins Makerfield by-election
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election with 24,927 votes, defeating Robert Kenyon of Reform UK. Turnout was 58.75 percent, higher than the 2024 general election, and Burnham will return to Westminster after nine years as mayor of Greater Manchester, triggering a new by-election there.
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