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| Andy Burnham selected as Labour candidate for Greater Manchester mayor | Andy Burnham selected as 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%). |
| The MP for Leigh won the contest with 3,792 votes to Lloyd’s 2,163 and Lewis’s 1,472, on a turnout of 65.3%. | The MP for Leigh 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. You promised us a powerhouse and now you must give us the tools and investment to build it.” | “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.” |
| The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, congratulated Burnham, saying the mayoral race would 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,” he said. | The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, congratulated Burnham, saying the mayoral race would 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,” he said. |
| Burnham said he would stand down as an MP at the “first and earliest opportunity” if he wins the race to become mayor next May, as appears likely given that almost all of Manchester’s council seats are filled by Labour. | Burnham said he would stand down as an MP at the “first and earliest opportunity” if he wins the race to become mayor next May, as appears likely given that almost all of Manchester’s council seats are filled by Labour. |
| Asked whether he would resign from the shadow cabinet, Burnham said: “Next month there will be a decision on the leadership of our party going forward and it will then be for the leader of the party to decide whether or not I remain in the shadow cabinet.” | Asked whether he would resign from the shadow cabinet, Burnham said: “Next month there will be a decision on the leadership of our party going forward and it will then be for the leader of the party to decide whether or not I remain in the shadow cabinet.” |
| In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, was selected as Labour’s candidate on Tuesday morning, winning 71% of the vote. He beat Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and local businesman, who won 29%. A total of 3,817 ballots were cast. | In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, was selected as Labour’s candidate on Tuesday morning, winning 71% of the vote. He beat Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and local businesman, who won 29%. A total of 3,817 ballots were cast. |
| Simon, another former minister in Brown’s government, campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. He said Labour could do “a better job of running our own region ourselves than the Tories ever have of running it from London”. | Simon, another former minister in Brown’s government, campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. He said Labour could do “a better job of running our own region ourselves than the Tories ever have of running it from London”. |
| “We need a West Midlands voice in the Brexit discussions. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the City of London can’t be the only ‘special interests’ at the table,” said Simon. “The West Midlands is a £110bn economy, and it’s one that Whitehall doesn’t understand.” | “We need a West Midlands voice in the Brexit discussions. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the City of London can’t be the only ‘special interests’ at the table,” said Simon. “The West Midlands is a £110bn economy, and it’s one that Whitehall doesn’t understand.” |
| Greater Manchester and the West Midlands are Labour strongholds, meaning that Burnham and Simon will be odds-on favourites to win the elections next year. The party will announce its candidate for mayor of the Liverpool city region, another Labour-dominated area, on Wednesday. | Greater Manchester and the West Midlands are Labour strongholds, meaning that Burnham and Simon will be odds-on favourites to win the elections next year. The party will announce its candidate for mayor of the Liverpool city region, another Labour-dominated area, on Wednesday. |
| 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. |
| The West Midlands combined authority includes Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton and has a population of about 4 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. |
| Voting to select the candidates closed at 12pm on Friday. To be eligible to vote, 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. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. | Voting to select the candidates closed at 12pm on Friday. To be eligible to vote, 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. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. |