Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

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Labour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens. Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council leader, will now succeed Andy Burnham and hold one of the most powerful political positions outside Westminster. Labour won 47% of first-preference votes, with Reform UK way behind on 21% and the Greens in third on 12%. The contest took place under the supplementary vote system, meaning that, as no candidate achieved more than 50%, voters’ second preferences were counted. When voters’ second choices were counted and other parties were eliminated, Labour’s share rose to 66.3% and Reform…

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