Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield, celebrates after... more June 30, 2026 Mayor Andy Burnham will have a different set of challenges than the lawyer, Keir Starmer, did. In the end, it wasn’t even close. Andy Burnham, popular mayor of Greater Manchester, won the Wigan-based constituency of Makerfield in a landslide, taking 55 percent of the vote and—crucially—outpolling Reform, Restore, and Tory combined (along with everyone else). Conservatives, LibDems, and Greens all lost their deposits.