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| Andy Burnham selected as Labour candidate for Manchester mayor | |
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| Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham has won the contest to become Labour's candidate for Greater Manchester's first mayoral election next May. | Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham has won the contest to become Labour's candidate for Greater Manchester's first mayoral election next May. |
| He beat Bury South MP Ivan Lewis and interim mayor Tony Lloyd after a vote by local party members closed on Friday. | He beat Bury South MP Ivan Lewis and interim mayor Tony Lloyd after a vote by local party members closed on Friday. |
| He said it was "a great honour". | |
| Labour will confirm its candidate for the contest in Birmingham later on Tuesday, before revealing the Liverpool City Region candidate on Wednesday. | |
| Mr Burnham was born in Liverpool. The Everton supporter won praise for his work on the campaign for justice following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. | |
| He has been MP for Leigh, Greater Manchester since 2001. | |
| 'Win back voters' | |
| He served in the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown governments, holding the posts of culture secretary and health secretary. | |
| He told the government he would ensure it follows through on its promise of a "northern powerhouse" if he wins the 2017 election. | |
| Mr Burnham said: "To be selected as Labour's candidate for the first elected mayor of Greater Manchester is a great honour and I thank our members for the faith they have shown in me. | |
| "I will repay it by devoting all my energy to uniting the Labour family here, working to win back the voters we have lost and building a policy programme with broad appeal. | |
| "I will bring forward real answers to our housing crisis and give new hope to our young people." | |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn congratulated Mr Burnham saying it would be "it's crucial that we have a mayor willing to do everything possible to improve the lives of everyone in Greater Manchester and in Andy we have that candidate." | |
| Mr Burnham won the contest among party members with 3,792 votes to Mr Lloyd's 2,163 and Mr Lewis's 1,472, on a turnout of 65.3%. |