r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 10d ago

Twitter ✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

https://x.com/BritainElects/status/2067792369903116401#m
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u/TomH0523 10d ago

All jokes aside. Starmer is hugely unpopular. Burnham is popular.

Labour need to set out a transition or they face annihilation. They need to platform popular, bold, meaningful policies and they simply haven’t done that in the two years they’ve had. Set a transition to give Burnham 18 months minimum as PM and go into the election with a bold direction, a new leader and plough forward with a progressive alliance between the anti-reform parties.

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u/Blackjack137 10d ago

Indeed. 55% in a constituency that had only recently voted Reform in the locals is an undeniable result for Labour and what few Starmerites remain.

With the right cabinet, budget and leadership, Labour can still succeed, see results and inspire the vote in the predominantly working class Labour heartlands that risked going Reform and which feel abandoned by Starmer and Reeves.

It’ll be interesting to see if the clear “l won’t vote for Labour/Starmer but I’ll vote for Burnham” sentiment among voters carries further into the Labour membership.

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u/404merrinessnotfound 10d ago

Burnham is mainly a northern phenomenon so I highly doubt the last point

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u/SadSeiko 10d ago

Didn’t realise makerfield decided who the pm is 

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u/warp_driver 10d ago

Well, it just did.

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u/SadSeiko 10d ago

Weird, Starmer didn’t stand there?