曼彻斯特选民周四投票选举新市长，接替因出任英国首相而离职的安迪·伯纳姆。[1]伯纳姆在担任大曼彻斯特地区市长九年后，于上月赢得议会特别选举，随后成为工党领导人选举唯一候选人，于7月20日成为首相。[1]现任曼彻斯特市议会领导人贝夫·克雷格代表工党参选，与包括改革英国党候选人西安·阿斯特利在内的六位对手竞争。[1]
投票于周四上午7点至晚间10点进行，计票工作将于周五早上开始。[1]伯纳姆曾在2017年、2021年和2024年赢得三次连续市长选举。[1]大曼彻斯特地区人口约三百万。[1]
Residents of Manchester elected a new mayor on Thursday to fill the seat vacated by Andy Burnham, who departed city hall to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [1]. Burnham had led the Greater Manchester region, which has a population of approximately 3 million, for nine years before winning a special parliamentary election last month and becoming the sole candidate in the Labour leadership race [1]. He assumed the office of Prime Minister on July 20 [1].
The mayoral election took place from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, with vote counting scheduled to begin Friday morning [1]. Bev Craig, the current leader of Manchester City Council and Labour's candidate, competed against six opponents, including Reform UK candidate Sian Astley [1]. Burnham had won three consecutive mayoral elections in 2017, 2021, and 2024 before his promotion [1]. The election comes as Labour faced electoral setbacks in local contests held in May of this year, while the Green Party gained ground by winning special elections in the Gorton and Denton council wards in February [1]. Since taking office, Burnham has established a Prime Minister's outpost in London known as "No. 10 North" [1].