Labour Leads Makerfield on 49% Poll as Burnham Signals He'd Join Leadership Contest
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Labour Leads Makerfield on 49% Poll as Burnham Signals He'd Join Leadership Contest
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Summary
Survation put Labour on 49% in the Makerfield by-election, ahead of Reform on 39% and Restore Britain on 8% with less than two weeks until polling day.
That margin looks less secure when Reform and Restore are combined, helping explain Reform's push that the race is effectively two-horse and that a vote for Restore could hand Labour victory.
Andy Burnham sharpened leadership speculation on BBC Question Time, saying he would seek to join a Labour contest if Wes Streeting had effectively launched one, while stressing he would not trigger it himself.
Downing Street pushed back by saying no challenge process has been triggered and Keir Starmer will not walk away from the mandate he won two years ago, even as allies acknowledge Makerfield could intensify pressure.