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"I don’t think we’d have lost as many northern seats had I won": Burnham makes claim about 2015 leadership bid

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Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Andy Burnham has claimed he could have helped the Labour Party retain its 'Red Wall' seats had he been elected leader of the party.

Mr Burnham, last week re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester, ran for the leadership in 2015 when he was defeated by then backbench MP Jeremy Corbyn.

Following some success in the 2017 general election, Mr Corbyn left his post following the 2019 election in which the party suffered its worst defeat since the 1930s.

This included losses in many northern seats considered Labour heartlands, so much so they were often dubbed the 'Red Wall.' Following the party's defeat to the Tories in a by-election in Hartlepool last week, another previous Labour

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