{"id":2358,"date":"2026-06-19T04:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:13:28","slug":"andy-burnhams-election-to-parliament-sets-up-bid-to-oust-uk-pm-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham&#8217;s election to parliament sets up bid to oust UK PM Starmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>WIGAN, England, June 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Labour mayor Andy \u200bBurnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after winning a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday in what could be most consequential \u200clocal election in more than six decades.<\/div>\n<div>Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor nicknamed the &#8220;King of the North&#8221;, won the contest in Makerfield in northwest England with 24,927 votes, while the candidate for Nigel Farage&#8217;s populist Reform UK party came second with 15,696 votes.<\/div>\n<div>His victory means he will now be able to trigger or take part in a contest to replace Starmer, struggling with some of the worst popularity ratings of any leader. \u200bBut the key question is when and how Burnham will do it.<\/div>\n<div>In his victory speech, Burnham said the result could be a &#8220;turning point&#8221; for British politics and \u200btold his party that this was a final chance to change direction.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We must hear it, we must act upon it, and we must \u2060get it right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There will be no second chance.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Burnham, a career politician who has expressed support for the nationalisation of key public services and criticised what he called \u200bfour decades of failed neo-liberal economics, has said he would seek to replace Starmer and change politics.<\/div>\n<div>Polls show Burnham, 56, is Labour&#8217;s most popular politician who would win a leadership contest decided \u200bby party members, while some Labour lawmakers hope Starmer could be persuaded to hand over power to avoid a damaging contest.<\/div>\n<h2>LABOUR DIVISIONS DEEPEN AS PRESSURE GROWS ON STARMER<\/h2>\n<div>Two years after winning a landslide national election, Starmer, 63, is one of the least popular British prime ministers since polling records began after scandals, policy U-turns, and accusations of indecision have derailed the delivery of the change he once promised.<\/div>\n<div>About a \u200bquarter of Starmer&#8217;s lawmakers have called for him to quit since his party suffered heavy losses in local elections last month, while senior colleagues, including the defence and health minister, resigned \u200bin recent weeks over his leadership.<\/div>\n<div>A defiant Starmer said this week he would stand in any leadership contest and issued a warning to his party about the potential &#8220;chaos&#8221; of a potentially bitter and \u200cdivisive leadership election.<\/div>\n<div>But \u2060one Labour member of parliament, who stayed up to watch the election result in the early hours of Friday, said the scale of Burnham&#8217;s victory means Starmer&#8217;s departure is inevitable, the only doubt is over the timing and how he will leave office.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It is over,&#8221; the lawmaker told Reuters.<\/div>\n<div>There was no immediate comment from Starmer&#8217;s office.<\/div>\n<div>Another of Starmer&#8217;s main rivals, former health minister Wes Streeting, said this week he would force a contest soon unless the prime minister announced when he would stand down.<\/div>\n<div>Burnham has said he will stand in any leadership \u200bcontest.<\/div>\n<div>Under Labour rules, it would take 20% \u200bof the parliamentary party, or 81 lawmakers, \u2060to announce they were backing a single candidate to trigger a leadership challenge.<\/div>\n<div>If Starmer is ousted, Britain will be on its seventh prime minister in about a decade, the highest turnover in nearly two centuries, as voters punish leaders who failed to improve living standards, \u200bpublic services and tackle illegal immigration.<\/div>\n<h2>BURNHAM HEADS FOR CELEBRATORY BEER<\/h2>\n<div>During a month-long campaign, Burnham has acted like a prime minister-in-waiting explaining \u200bpolicies for a potential future \u2060government.<\/div>\n<div>Burnham has repeatedly tried to reassure nervous investors by insisting he would stick to the government&#8217;s fiscal rules and not put up any of the main taxes.<\/div>\n<div>This was after he said last year Britain was &#8220;in hock&#8221; to the bond markets, comments interpreted as meaning he would increase government borrowing. 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