Andy Burnham

That changes tonight.

We must now take this up and put this country back on the right path and bring people back together and get things working properly.

A change was a-coming. And Andy would work relentlessly to make it happen.

Hope had triumphed over darkness.

This was the last chance to change.

What a scene, what a campaign.

I think we need in this country right now for people to feel a sense of hope that there is something better to work towards on the horizon.

In the end, it wasn’t even close, Andy Burnham taking well over 50% of the vote.

We’ve been on a path for 40 years that simply hasn’t worked for people and places in this part of the world, and this now is the change moment.

The word Makerfield in the future must be known as a byword for the change that came to British politics. This is the moment.

This was a result that could bring about a country that works for everybody.

This is a final chance to change.

Tonight could be a turning point.

I will stick by the Waspi women because they deserve some recompense for the unfairness.

I am not squeamish about saying that the plan would be to reduce the welfare bill. Not at all.

It's about time we started backing British business and British industry so we can re-industrialise places like this.

We do need to bring down water bills, energy bills, rail fares, just as we brought down bus fares in Greater Manchester, to make life more affordable for people.

It is our last chance to change, but we're going to take it, aren't we? We are going to take that opportunity and we are going to lay out a new path for Britain.

I do say to my own party: this is a final chance to change.

It is a chance now, from this result tonight, to build a new politics based on unity and hope, turning away from the path that takes us to a divided, dark politics of the kind we see in the United States.

The name Makerfield is forever synonymous with bringing about the change this country needs.

Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.

Everyone can feel that the country isn't where it should be.

Everyone knows that politics isn't working.

That is what a vote for me is all about. It’s a vote to power up the North of England.