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Norwich MP Clive Lewis Offers Seat to Burnham for Starmer Challenge
Clive Lewis offered his Norwich South seat to Andy Burnham, a popular Greater Manchester mayor, amid growing Labour soft-left support for a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer.
- On Wednesday, Labour MP Clive Lewis, Norwich South MP, said he would step down to let Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester Mayor, return to the Commons and challenge Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader and prime minister, on BBC's Politics Live.
- Amid growing speculation earlier this year, Lewis expressed dissatisfaction with Starmer and the Labour government, while Number 10 briefings last week maintained pressure on the leader and Burnham.
- Lewis said he had already spoken to Burnham and consulted his family, doubling down on his willingness to give up his seat to put country before party at the BBC's Politics Live interview.
- A Commons return would be required for Burnham to mount a bid, and if Lewis vacated Norwich South, a selection contest would precede a by-election after his 13,000-plus majority increase last year.
- With Burnham popular among MPs and the public, the soft-left of the Labour Party has reportedly rallied amid a recent briefing spat and polling context pressuring Starmer.
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Clive Lewis says he'll resign his Norwich seat to give Burnham a run at Starmer
Norwich South MP Clive Lewis – the first Labour MP to publicly call for Keir Starmer to go last week – has dramatically announced that he is ready to resign his parliamentary seat and force a by-election so that Andy Burnham, currently Greater Mancheseter’s mayor, can stand in his place and challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership. Burnham, a soft-left former MP who came second to Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 party leadership election and is a p…
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Total News Sources19
Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution40% Left
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources lean Left
40% Left
L 40%
C 33%
R 27%
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