{"id":2953,"date":"2026-01-25T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2026-01-25T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T15:01:22","slug":"labour-blocks-andy-burnham-from-running-in-gorton-and-denton-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2953","title":{"rendered":"Labour blocks Andy Burnham from running in Gorton and Denton by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-labour-block-manchester-mayor-s-westminster-comeback-bid\">Labour block Manchester mayor\u2019s Westminster comeback bid<\/h2>\n<p>Labour has blocked Andy Burnham from applying for MP selection in a move likely to frustrate backbenchers and challenge Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n<p>The National Executive Committee (NEC), chaired by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and also including Sir Keir, has rejected Mr Burnham\u2019s application to stand as Labour\u2019s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This decision will likely provoke backlash from MPs in support of Mr Burnham, and will contradict other Labour ministers who wanted local members to be allowed decide the result.<\/p>\n<p>Allies of the prime minister feared that allowing Mr Burnham back into Westminster could threaten Sir Keir\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>It was on Saturday that Mr Burnham wrote to the NEC, asking for permission to enter the selection process for the forthcoming by-election.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham claimed he wanted to run a \u201chopeful and unifying campaign\u201d and promised to \u201csupport the work of the government, not undermine it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Bottom ad unit --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Custom pseudo content\/category -->\n            <\/div>\n<p>#Labour #blocks #Andy #Burnham #running #Gorton #Denton #byelection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour block Manchester mayor\u2019s Westminster comeback bid Labour has blocked Andy Burnham from applying for MP selection in a move likely to frustrate backbenchers and challenge Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s authority. The National Executive Committee (NEC), chaired by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and also including Sir Keir, has rejected Mr Burnham\u2019s application to stand as Labour\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2301,599,2326,2395,2394,2393,159,2392],"class_list":{"0":"post-2953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-andy","9":"tag-blocks","10":"tag-burnham","11":"tag-byelection","12":"tag-denton","13":"tag-gorton","14":"tag-labour","15":"tag-running"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}