Major Change in Greater Manchester's Mayoral Election

A major change has been made to Greater Manchester ’s mayoral election . Andy Burnham is standing for a third term on May 2, and he is known to have five challengers as of Tuesday (April 2), with the deadline for nominations being Friday (April 5). On the ballot currently are Laura Evans (Conservatives), Jake Austin (Liberal Democrats), Hannah Spencer (Green Party), Dan Barker (Reform UK), and Nick Buckley (Independent).

Mr Burnham has been the city-region’s mayor since 2017, winning elections that year and in 2021. However, those elections were run differently to the 2024 contest. READ MORE: The new city centre skyscraper unveiled in Manchester's 'premier' neighbourhood The first polls used the supplementary vote (SV) system, which saw the electorate put two crosses on their ballot paper. They were to select a first-preference and second-preference candidat

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