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Fact check: Number 10 North and football tickets on the NHS?

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Evening Standard

Andy Burnham crowns Greater Manchester mayoral successor Bev Craig as ‘Queen of the north’

Labour candidate Ms Craig secured the largest by-election victory in British history

The Independent UK

Burnham hails mayoral successor as ‘queen of the north’ after Labour win

Bev Craig said people have been ‘crying out’ for a commitment from ‘people in power that get it’.

Evening Standard

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Greater Manchester mayoral by-election results 2026 in full as Labour candidate Bev Craig sweeps to victory

Labour candidate Bev Craig wins the largest by-election in British history - here’s the breakdown of results in full

Evening Standard

Who is Bev Craig? The person replacing Burnham as the new Greater Manchester mayor

Labour's Bev Craig has won the by-election for the Greater Manchester mayoralty, which was triggered by Andy Burnham's departure to become Prime Minister. Ms Craig was the favourite and won after a second count, over coming Sian Astley from Reform UK with 309,525 votes to 157,178. Craig moves into the…

The Independent UK

Labour wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election after marathon vote count

Bev Craig was declared the winner more than 24 hours after polling stations closed.

The Independent UK

Greater Manchester mayoral results in full: Bev Craig secures dominant win over Reform in key by-election

Labour holds on to Greater Manchester mayoralty as party’s ‘Burnham bounce’ sees off threat of Reform

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What is the Supplementary Vote? System explained as Manchester mayoral election goes to second count

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The Independent UK

Greater Manchester mayoral election to go to second count

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The Independent UK

Polls close in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election to succeed Andy Burnham

The contest was triggered by Mr Burnham’s election to Parliament last month

The Independent UK

What time will the Greater Manchester mayoral election results be announced and is there an exit poll?

The election was called after Andy Burnham stood down when he was elected as Makerfield MP

The Independent UK

Polls open in historic Greater Manchester by-election to replace Andy Burnham as mayor

More than two million people are eligible to vote in the biggest by-election in UK history

The Independent UK

Polls open for election to replace Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester mayor

The by-election will be the biggest in UK history with more than two million people eligible to vote.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham urges Greater Manchester voters to back Labour in mayoral election

The by-election was triggered after Mr Burnham was elected as Labour MP for Makerfield, meaning he had to stand down.

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The Independent UK

‘You can’t fix it through vibes alone’: What Manchester voters want from their new mayor

Ahead of the battle to succeed Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester, Dan Haygarth spoke to voters in the city about what they want from their new mayor

Evening Standard

Manchester mayoral election: Who are the candidates, when will result be announced, and who's likely to win?

The by-election will be the biggest in British history as Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski look to expand their mayoral footprint

The Independent UK

Reform mayoral candidate described sessions on ‘challenges facing trans people’ as ‘indoctrination’

Exclusive: Sian Astley hit out at ‘aggressive transgender ideology’ and said it would have ‘no place’ in Greater Manchester under her leadership

The Independent UK

Did Andy Burnham really fail to build any social housing in Greater Manchester?

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Reform falsely claims Andy Burnham has not built any social housing in Manchester as mayor

The party admitted its Greater Manchester mayoral candidate “mis-spoke” after Sian Astley wrongly claimed Andy Burnham had overseen the construction of no social housing during his nine years as mayor

The Independent UK

Fact check: Has Andy Burnham really failed to build any social housing as Greater Manchester mayor?

Reform UK mayoral candidate Sian Astley claimed Andy Burnham had not built a single social home during his nine years as mayor of Greater Manchester – but government data tells a different story.

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester candidate says non-Reform voters should house ‘migrant rapists’

Sian Astley doubles down on stance that ‘people who vote for open borders should house criminals and rapists who enter UK’

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