“Though the occasion could be assured of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC couldn’t put Labour’s management of Higher Manchester at any threat,” it stated.
“Andy Burnham is doing an excellent job as mayor of Higher Manchester. We consider it’s in one of the best pursuits of the occasion to keep away from an pointless mayoral election which might use substantial quantities of taxpayers’ cash and sources which are higher spent tackling the price of residing disaster.”
Burnham had introduced on X his need to face within the Gorton and Denton by-election on Saturday night.
Former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne – who stood down on Friday – received the constituency comfortably in 2024.
However the collapse in Labour’s polling numbers since then means the occasion now faces a troublesome battle with the anti-immigrant Reform UK and the Inexperienced Get together to retain the seat
