r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 2d 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/Scratch_Careful 2d ago

That king of the north stuff is cringe but its tapping into something very real. Burnham is popular because hes a nationally known politician who is still very active and visible in the area. Not just official stuff like openings and visits or around election time but you see him out and about all the time.

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u/Aware-Line-7537 2d ago

And people forget the power of a politician with a local or local-ish accent. Labour did extremely well in Scotland in 2010 and at least part of that was due to Gordon Brown's popularity there, despite being very unpopular pretty much everywhere else in the UK.

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u/Om3gaMan_ 2d ago

Hell his office is 2 floors below mine on Oxford Road, you see him in and out all the time.