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Makerfield, Burnham and the Labour knife-edge: a by-election becomes a referendum on Starmer

Polls closed in Makerfield on the evening of 18 June 2026 with Andy Burnham openly positioning the contest as the start of a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer — and Labour's own MPs already dividing over the result.

Daniel Whitmore · Monexus Opinion desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·18 Jun 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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