FRESH from the pub and dressed in Union Jack T-shirts, a dozen Restore Britain supporters amble between houses, calling on people to vote.   As they knocked on doors and put leaflets ...

The battle for Makerfield is no ordinary by-election. Andy Burnham, currently the mayor of Greater Manchester, is standing as Labour’s candidate in an effort to return to Parlia ...

Reform entered Makerfield expecting a breakthrough. Instead, a crushing defeat exposed the party’s vulnerabilities. Harriet ...

Leaflets are being sent out under the name of Rebecca Shepherd, Restore’s candidate, while Facebook posts are also targeting women who want to vote for a candidate of the Right. The strategy comes ...

From the proportion of votes secured by Restore Britain, to the percentage point difference in Reform UK’s fortunes, here are the takeaways ...

Restore Britain is on track to hand victory to Andy Burnham at the Makerfield by-election, a leaked poll has suggested. A survey of the Greater Manchester constituency put Rupert Lowe’s party on 13 ...

Thursday's contest could pave the way for Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to challenge Keir Starmer's premiership.

The result lived up to the hype. An unprecedented contest ended in a seismic result, as Andy Burnham was announced as the new Labour MP for Makerfield with 55% of the vote, more than 20 points ahead ...

What time is the Makerfield by-election result announced and is there an exit poll? - Everything you need to know about the high-stakes vote that could determine the UK’s next prime minister ...

Ashton-in-Makerfield, a town few knew of until recently, has potentially chosen the UK’s next prime minister.

Andy Burnham’s seismic win in Makerfield is already proving deeply problematic for Keir Starmer, who now looks unlikely to survive in office much past the summer.

Who are the Makerfield candidates and why is the by-election so important? - Polls suggest it will be a tight race between Labour candidate Andy Burnham and Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon ...