Andy Burnham

MP for Makerfield

In office since 20 July 2026

Mayor of Greater Manchester for nine years and a cabinet minister under Blair and Brown, Burnham became the UK's seventh Prime Minister in a decade after Keir Starmer resigned in June 2026. He returned to the Commons through the Makerfield by-election in order to be eligible, then took the Labour leadership unopposed on 379 nominations, more than 94% of the parliamentary party.