Burnham's victory cements his status as the top contender to replace Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and the country. LONDON (AP) — Labour’s Andy Burnham , the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the country. Burnham decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwest England over Rob Kenyon of the anti-immigration party Reform UK . The