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Betfair have opened a market on the Makerfield byelection and it’s already quite active with 12 grand matched
The current odds are:
Labour 1.82
Reform 2.28with all the others out in the long grass at 25+
Yes, the Makerfield constituency is in effect Ashton in Makerfield and the surrounding area.
I believe the name Makerfield was chosen when the constituency contained both Ashton in Makerfield and Ince in Makerfield but the latter settlement has been transferred into the Wigan constituency.
I am not sure if Haydock Park is in the constituency or not. Haydock itself is in St Helens North but the racecourse is located just outside and on the way to Ashton.
In last week’s local elections of the eight wards, within the Makerfield seat, that went to the polls, Reform UK won every single one and trounced the Labour Party.
Reform secured 50.4% of the vote, compared to Labour’s 22.7%.
Oh good, weeks upon weeks of hearing about a by-election and then a leadership contest. Wake me up when it’s all over 😴
Is it not possible that Starmer has become so unpopular that Andy Burnham will get the votes in the hope he will oust him.
The more I know the less I understand.
Electoral suicide for Burnham and Labour.
Unless there’s a sudden big drop in support for Reform UK over the coming weeks in the constituency, Labour will lose.
A very bizarre choice of seat to try to get back into Westminster.Possible that ex Labour voters come back. One of the main reasons for Reform getting so many votes was Starmer is PM. Depends how they look at Burnham and whether they think he’ll turn Labour around.
A Labour voter in the constituency isn’t happy , valid point that Burnham isn’t interested in the area only getting to London , this may yet backfire on Burnham , let’s be brutal every man and his dog is going to try and bring him down here
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Makerfield on Betfair now:
Labour 1.75
Reform 2.38I think Burnham will win. It looks to me like there is a plot to make him Prime Minister. Losing a by-election isn’t in the script.
Why haven’t Streeting and Rayner launched challenges straightaway? Why would they wait for their main rival?
Perhaps he has already promised Rayner the Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister posts, and Streeting as Chancellor?
I think this was the plan all along because the party have never been behind Keir. And Burnham was sniping at the sidelines from the start. Reckon that people have been promised all sorts of things to get him in No 10. I’m disgusted with the party.
Assuming the procedure of ‘moving the writ’ for the byelection takes place shortly then it must take place between 21 and 27 working days after this. What a long, long month or so awaits.
We must all pray that Burnham wins the by-election. If he doesn’t the country is well and truly doomed.
“We must….”
Nope. Hope he gets a hammering. Self-centred, “it’s all about me” guy. Just like the Green ego merchant.
What happens if he don’t win, would they look for another seat?
Nah…he’ll go and work for a large international bank and coin it in
“valid point that Burnham isn’t interested in the area”
Errrr… he’s the Mayor of Manchester and is from the north west. Does the Labour voter think Burnham is just going to forget his constituency if he becomes an MP?
He isn’t Farage.
Former leader of the Greens, Caroline Lucas, has suggested that the party should not contest the upcoming Makerfield by-election against Andy Burnham.
“There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them.
“Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy and counter [the] dire threat of a Reform UK government.”
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