Everton season ticket holder Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election

Michael Kenrick 19/06/2026 7comments | Jump to last

Everton season ticket holder Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, paving the way for a challenge to Sir Kier Starmer’s moribund Premiership at No 10 Downing Steet.

It was a strong victory for the former Manchester mayor who beat reform into second place with a substantial majority, taking 55% of the vote. And it paves the way for a challenge to the leadership of the Labour party that would see Evertonian Burnham become the next Prime Minister.

"Everyone knows that politics isn't working," Burnham said in his acceptance speech.

"Everyon can feel that the country isn't where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point. From here on in, I will give everything I have got to make it so. To ensure the name Makerfield is forever synonymous with bringing about the change this country needs. Bringing back something we've lost, hope. Hope for the future.

"I do say to my own party, this is a final chance to change. This is what people said directly to me, on hundreds of doorsteps that I stood on. We must hear it, we must act upon it, and we must get it right. There will be no second chance."

Burnham was announced as the new Labour MP for Makerfield with more than 20 points than Reform opponent Robert Kenyon. The seat had swung in Reform's favour last month in local elections, but has now swung back emphatically to Labour.

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John Collins
1 Posted 19/06/2026 at 08:59:27

Go ed Andy lad.
9,000 majority as well.
Kick in the plums for the one policy party.

Michael Kenrick
2 Posted 19/06/2026 at 09:15:39

Maybe this could be a portent of something massive in the future!

The existing bloke at number 10 is a mad Gooner — and they have just won the Premier League for the first time in ages.

What if this lifelong Evertonian finally makes it to be PM??

Les Callan
3 Posted 19/06/2026 at 09:29:40

Great news. Well done Andy. We have a proper M P here in Makerfield now.

John Collins
4 Posted 19/06/2026 at 09:39:34

Congratulations Les,
You have got a good man in Andy.

Bonus is that's the third arse kicking Reform have had recently.
The penny is dropping amongst the ordinary man in the street apparently.

Steve Brown
5 Posted 19/06/2026 at 09:55:46

Congratulations to Andy, who has done a great job in Manchester (unlike Steve Rotheram). Guaranteed to be PM in 6 months.

Finally, people are seeing through Reform and Restore propaganda and lies about immigrants and foreigners - the jokers don't even want to mention the Brexit disaster. Not surprising as British people are intelligent, balanced and tolerant in the round.

Mark Carney, PM of Canada, is also a Blue, so that will be 2 of the G7 leaders supporting the mighty Everton.

Andrew Ellams
6 Posted 19/06/2026 at 10:12:24

We could have Evertonians as PMs in the UK and Canada by the end of this year.

We're taking over.

Jack Convery
7 Posted 19/06/2026 at 10:13:15

Andy, well done. Now have a word with Richard Masters ( eff all ) and tell him to lay of EFC.

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