Andy Burnham’s election to parliament sets up bid to oust UK PM Starmer

Labour mayor Andy Burnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after decisively winning a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday in what could be most consequential local election in more than six decades.

Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor nicknamed the “King of the North”, won the contest in Makerfield in northwest England with 54.8% of the vote, while the candidate for Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party came second with 34.5%....