Labour Block Andy Burnham From Standing

劳工党阻止安迪·伯恩汉姆参选

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2026-01-26

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Today, Andy Burnham has said he is "disappointed" after being blocked from standing as a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton by Labour's ruling body. As a directly elected mayor, Burnham had to get approval from Labour's national executive committee (NEC), after he applied to be a candidate on Saturday. But Labour said the party had decided to deny him permission to stand to "avoid an unnecessary mayoral election, which would use substantial amounts of taxpayers' money and resources". Adam and Chris are here to discuss what it means and what might happen next. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd The presenters were Adam Fleming and Chris. It was made by Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Now, the reason I am here in the studio is because I was moonlighting on Five Live,

  • filling in for Stephen Nolan on the 9 o'clock till midnight show.

  • And also Chris Mason was here being on the 10 o'clock news.

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  • is because now we know Andy Burnham will not be in the race to become the Labour candidate in that by-election in Greater Manchester,

  • which means he will not be coming back to Westminster as an MP,

  • which for now means he will not be challenging Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party and the role of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.