Andy Burnham has been selected as the Labour candidate for the Ashton in Makerfield by election
He was the only candidate.
Writing on X he said
”I am proud and humbled to have been selected as Labour’s candidate for Makerfield.
These proud working-class communities represent the very best values of our country and they deserve so much better. It would be my honour to work for them every day, if elected as their MP, to achieve that.
Many people here feel Westminster isn’t working for them and they are right. I am standing to change that and get the voice of these communities heard loud and clear.
I am glad that this by-election has finally put the places that make up the Makerfield constituency into the national spotlight. They have been neglected by national politics for too long. It is a good thing that all political parties are now on the hook to tell the voters here what they are going to do for them.”
Reform have also selected their candidate.
Robert Kenyon stood in the 2024 election and came 2nd with 31.8% of the vote.
He is a local plumber, army reservist and former NHS worker.
Nigel Farage has described him as “The Plucky Plumber taking on Open Borders Burnham.
