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| Andy Burnham to be Labour candidate for Greater Manchester mayor | |
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| The Labour party has selected the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, as its candidate to fight the Greater Manchester mayoral election in May 2017. | The Labour party has selected the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, as its candidate to fight the Greater Manchester mayoral election in May 2017. |
| Burnham won 51% of a vote from party members in the region, beating the area’s police and crime commissioner and interim mayor, Tony Lloyd (29%), and the MP for Bury South, Ivan Lewis, who was a government minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (19.8%). | Burnham won 51% of a vote from party members in the region, beating the area’s police and crime commissioner and interim mayor, Tony Lloyd (29%), and the MP for Bury South, Ivan Lewis, who was a government minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (19.8%). |
| Burnham won the contest with 3,792 votes to Lloyd’s 2,163 and Lewis’s 1,472, on a turnout of 65.3%. | Burnham won the contest with 3,792 votes to Lloyd’s 2,163 and Lewis’s 1,472, on a turnout of 65.3%. |
| “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,” he 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,” he said. |
| “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. | “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. |
| “Today I have a clear message for the prime minister – you and your party were elected on a series of promises to the north of England and I will not let you walk away from them. | “Today I have a clear message for the prime minister – you and your party were elected on a series of promises to the north of England and I will not let you walk away from them. |
| “You promised us a powerhouse and now you must give us the tools and investment to build it.” | “You promised us a powerhouse and now you must give us the tools and investment to build it.” |
| The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said: “Congratulations to Andy Burnham on being selected as Labour’s candidate for Greater Manchester metro mayor. | The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said: “Congratulations to Andy Burnham on being selected as Labour’s candidate for Greater Manchester metro mayor. |
| “This will be an opportunity for Labour to take its message for social justice to the region’s 2 million voters in next year’s election. | “This will be an opportunity for Labour to take its message for social justice to the region’s 2 million voters in next year’s election. |
| “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.” | “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.” |
| Burnham’s win means he will stand down as MP for Leigh, triggering a byelection, and resign from the shadow cabinet. | Burnham’s win means he will stand down as MP for Leigh, triggering a byelection, and resign from the shadow cabinet. |
| Voting to select the party’s candidates to run in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Liverpool city region closed at noon on Friday. The results in the West Midlands race will be announced on Tuesday afternoon, and the result in the Liverpool city region will be announced on Wednesday. | Voting to select the party’s candidates to run in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Liverpool city region closed at noon on Friday. The results in the West Midlands race will be announced on Tuesday afternoon, and the result in the Liverpool city region will be announced on Wednesday. |
| All three regions are Labour strongholds, meaning that the party’s selected candidates will be favourites to win the elections next year. | All three regions are Labour strongholds, meaning that the party’s selected candidates will be favourites to win the elections next year. |
| The creation of elected mayors is a condition of devolution arrangements agreed by the former chancellor George Osborne and a series of “metro” regions, including the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool and Sheffield city regions, the Tees Valley, the north-east, and Greater Lincolnshire. | The creation of elected mayors is a condition of devolution arrangements agreed by the former chancellor George Osborne and a series of “metro” regions, including the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool and Sheffield city regions, the Tees Valley, the north-east, and Greater Lincolnshire. |
| Burnham, who came a distant second to Corbyn in last year’s Labour leadership election, declared his intention to stand in the race, warning that Labour risked being eclipsed in the north of England if the party fails to take devolution seriously. | Burnham, who came a distant second to Corbyn in last year’s Labour leadership election, declared his intention to stand in the race, warning that Labour risked being eclipsed in the north of England if the party fails to take devolution seriously. |
| In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, is the favourite to win, having campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. Simon, a former minister in Brown’s government, is standing against Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and businessman. | In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, is the favourite to win, having campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. Simon, a former minister in Brown’s government, is standing against Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and businessman. |
| The West Midlands region includes Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and has a population of about 5.7 million. The new mayor will have responsibility for transport, adult skills and planning, and will oversee a £1.1bn, 30-year investment fund. | The West Midlands region includes Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and has a population of about 5.7 million. The new mayor will have responsibility for transport, adult skills and planning, and will oversee a £1.1bn, 30-year investment fund. |
| The mayor of Greater Manchester, a city region with a population of 3.5 million, which covers Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan, will have control over a portfolio of public services, a £6bn health and social care budget, and a £900m, 30-year investment fund. | The mayor of Greater Manchester, a city region with a population of 3.5 million, which covers Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan, will have control over a portfolio of public services, a £6bn health and social care budget, and a £900m, 30-year investment fund. |
| To be eligible to vote for their preferred candidate, Labour members were required to live in the relevant city region and have been a member of the party before 19 July 2015, a rule that has excluded a high proportion of the party’s new membership, many of whom are likely to support Corbyn. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. | To be eligible to vote for their preferred candidate, Labour members were required to live in the relevant city region and have been a member of the party before 19 July 2015, a rule that has excluded a high proportion of the party’s new membership, many of whom are likely to support Corbyn. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. |