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He has been interim leader since Eluned Morgan quit in the wake of Labour's Senedd election defeat.
A Labour MP loyal to Sir Keir Starmer has nominated a rebel backbencher to lead the party instead of Andy Burnham.
Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the frontrunner. If no rival emerges, he could become PM this month.
Burnham is highly likely to be announced as the new Labour leader July 17, and to become prime minister after a meeting with King Charles III on July 20.
Andy Burnham has effectively been confirmed as the next Labour Party UK leader after receiving an extra 27 nominations from Labour MPs, taking his total to 349. The additional nominations, on top of the 322 he received last week,
To compete for party leader and prime minister, though, Burnham needed a parliamentary seat. Unfortunately for him, Starmer knew this too, and successfully blocked him from running in a special election in a different Manchester-area constituency in February.
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