Votes are being counted in the crucial Makerfield by-election as Andy Burnham waits to see if he has been handed a route back to Westminster to challenge Keir Starmer.
The Greater Manchester mayor has spent the past month campaigning as Labour‘s candidate in the seat as he seeks a return to the House of Commons.
If he is successful in becoming Makerfield’s new MP – with a by-election result due in the early hours of Friday – then Mr Burnham will quit as mayor and end his 9-year hiatus from Parliament.
His stated intention is then to try and oust the Prime Minister
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