工党候选人贝芙·克雷格当选大曼彻斯特市长

工党候选人贝芙·克雷格在大曼彻斯特市长补选中获得压倒性胜利。12 克雷格在首选投票中获得47%的支持率，1 经过第二轮计票后最终获得66.3%的得票率，2 战胜改革英国党候选人西恩·阿斯特利。2 她将接替因于7月20日成为英国首相而离职的安迪·伯纳姆，2 掌控除伦敦外最具权力的地方政治职位之一。1

这次补选规模庞大，有超过200万符合投票资格的选民，1 创下英国政治史上同类竞选的新高。1 然而，投票率仅为25%，2 是2017年该地区开始直选市长以来的最低水平。2 克雷格曾任曼彻斯特市议会领导人，2 她承诺将"用全力捍卫这个城市区域，为我们所有人争取更好的生活"。2

工党在这次补选中的胜利表明该党能够重新赢回在凯尔·斯塔默领导下流失的左右翼选民，1 同时对改革英国党构成打击。1

Labour candidate Bev Craig has secured a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, winning 47% of first-preference votes 1 and 66.3% following second-preference transfers 2. Craig will succeed Andy Burnham, who departed the role after becoming Prime Minister on July 20 2. The byelection was triggered after Burnham won a separate Makerfield seat on June 18 1.

This contest represented the largest mayoral byelection in British political history, with over two million eligible voters across the region 1. Despite the scale of the election, turnout remained modest at just 25%, marking the lowest participation rate for a Greater Manchester mayoral election since direct elections began in 2017 2. No candidate reached the 50% threshold on first preferences, necessitating a second-round runoff 2. In the decisive second round, Craig defeated Reform UK candidate Sean Astley, whose party secured 33% after second-preference allocations 1.

As current leader of Manchester City Council 2, Craig pledged to champion the region's interests, stating: "I will defend this city region with everything I have got and fight for better lives for us all" 2. Labour's commanding victory demonstrates the party's capacity to reclaim voters across the political spectrum under leader Keir Starmer's direction 1, while simultaneously dealing a setback to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party 1.