"Yesterday Andy Burnham sought such permission from the NEC to stand in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election, which would have led to a mayoral by-election in Greater Manchester.The NEC has decided not to grant Andy Burnham permission to stand. The NEC believes that causing an unnecessary election for the position of Greater Manchester mayor would have a substantial and disproportionate impact on party campaign resources before the local elections and elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd in MayAlthough the party would be confident of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC could not put Labour’s control of Greater Manchester at any riskAndy Burnham is doing a great job as mayor of Greater Manchester. We believe it is in the best interests of the party to avoid an unnecessary mayoral election."
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Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He previously served as Member of Parliament for Leigh from 2001 to 2017, during which time he was Secretary of State for Health (2009-2010), Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2008-2009) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2007-2008).
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