Reform select plumber as Makerfield by-election candidate

There has never been a by-election like the one looming in Makerfield.
Andy Burnham may have been prevented by Labour’s ruling body from standing in a by-election back in February, but now the red carpet seems to have been rolled out, and no one else’s name was even put forward.

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If he beats Reform and the other parties – and it’s a big if – he will return to parliament to almost inevitably challenge and possibly destroy Keir Starmer’s premiership.

Candidates have been announced by Labour, Reform UK, Restore Britain and the Monster Raving Loony Party. Other parties are expected to announce candidates before nominations close next week.

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43 comments
  1. If you vote for restore, you may let Burnham in, so please vote reform and keep the Leftie Burnham out , and this may trigger a general election in the near future, VOTE REFORM.

  2. Tice talking and overtaxation and over-regulation, same old Tory tune for 50 years. That over-taxation is for his rich friends. You have to have a bank account at Coutts these days, the multimillionaires club, or they think you're a loser. Farage was furious about that.

  3. He is only interested in rejoining the eu… the muppet will not win. Too many of us will not allow this. So strong and they know it… brown pants do come to mind.

  4. Robert Kenyon a local plumber born in the area and councillor who lives in the area and serves the area or a charlatan that is just trying to use the people of Makerfield as a stepping stone for his own PM ambitions ?

  5. I wish Rebecca Shepherd every success in her bid to become Restore Britain's newest MP btw if you still think Reform will be your saviour, you had better wake up they are the Uni-Party's 5th wheel, be prepared to be deceived again just like you were by Boris Johnson (Farage is now Boris Johnson Mk2) btw Boris never got anyone arrested on a tissue of lies just because he no longer wanted them in the Tory Party unlike Farage who admitted he wanted Rupert Lowe out of Reform because he wanted mass deportations and Farage didn't, Now you have Leila Cunningham referring to Restore Britain supporters as Neo Nazis, you have been warned.

    If you want your nation back you must vote for Restore Britain your only real hope.

  6. When Burnham loses the by election, 🇬🇧WES STREETING🇬🇧 will take power and then take us back into the 🇪🇺EUROPEAN UNION🇪🇺 where we belong. And then all you Reformers and Socialists will be sorry. You'll be sorry and You'll tell Streeting and Tony Blair how sorry you are for not appreciating their perfect, centrist, third way political model!!!

    WES IS DA BEST 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

  7. The people of Makerfield are not stupid. They know Burnham sees it as a stepping stone to No.10 He doesn't care about local issues – go with your local lad 👍

  8. Andy Burnham is just Starmerbot 2.0 but with a northern accent.

    I hope Makerfield vote for Robert Kenyon, a local plumber beating Labour's messiah will send a rocket through Westminster and upset pathetic media like Channel4 news and BBC who have done their best to ignore what is really happening to our country and instead take every opportunity to conduct a smear campaign.

  9. Channel 4 absolutely wet themselves over Farage and Clacton, and here is their champion Andy Burnham doing the exact same thing here. This is a means to an end to challenge for the leadership and become PM. You think he intends to spend a single minute of his time working for the constituents? (IF he wins that is, and that is looking like an even bigger IF every day as people wise up to this parachuting charade.)

  10. Tice, multimillionaire who loves the country so much he lives in Dubai. Farage, multimillionaire who takes millions lobbying for the gold industry and cryptocurrency firms, yes they will stick up for us working classes!

  11. I have voted Labour and Tories in my lifetime, but Reform needs a shot at this; it's gone on too long, and the two main parties are different sides of the same coin.

  12. The Reform candidate who is standing came second in 2024, Tice should have told that woman the fact. She just wanted to talk about Farage, disgusting.

  13. People of Makerfield should not allow themselves to be manipulated into voting for someone they don't know, just so Labour can get their man into office with a view to becoming PM. It absolutely stinks. Vote for anyone rather than corrupt Labour.

  14. Robert Kenyon, the Reform UK candidate, is a local person and very well known. Andy Burnham is using the residents of Makerfield to further his political career
    So he can challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership

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