Andy Burnham: Northern PM's long journey to power
While Burnham told the Times his mother would be "wearing her rosary beads out" to mark him becoming prime minister, his father, Roy, will unfortunately be unaware of his son's achievement due to his dementia.He told The Times: "That's a sadness because he would be (proud). Instead he stood down in 2017 to run to be the first mayor of Greater Manchester.
- ▪While Burnham told the Times his mother would be "wearing her rosary beads out" to mark him becoming prime minister, his father, Roy, will unfortunately be unaware of his son's achievement due to his dementia.He told The Times: "That's a sa
- ▪Instead he stood down in 2017 to run to be the first mayor of Greater Manchester.
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Andy Burnham: Northern PM's long journey to powerImage source, PA MediaByBecky Morton, Political reporter and Brian Wheeler, Political reporterPublished14 May 2026Updated 4 minutes agoAndy Burnham might be a new face at No 10, after ousting Sir Keir Starmer in July, but his rise to power has been decades in the making.The 56-year-old started out as a special adviser and then an MP in Tony Blair's New Labour government.He first stood to be Labour leader back in 2010 and then again in 2015, when he came a distant second to Jeremy Corbyn, before turning his back on Westminster and re-inventing himself as the King of the North.As the first Mayor of Greater Manchester, he built a powerful political brand - affable, down-to-earth and, above all, proudly Northern.When asked by the website…
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