Bev Craig: “To have trust placed in you is an honour. I’m honoured, I’m humbled and I stand ready to serve the three million people…”

When people ask what’s the difference between you and Andy - there’s loads of differences. But I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.

I never believed as a girl growing up on a council estate that one day I would have the chance to stand for the place that I love.

I've long argued, as did Andy before he became prime minister, that Greater Manchester should have more power and more control.

We will work together, we will do it together, we will deliver it together and we will build a Greater Manchester that works for all of us, that we are all part of, where everyone feels welcome and everyone has the chance to succeed.