2016 Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection
The Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester, to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017. On 9 August 2016, The Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham had won the candidacy.
Timetable
- 3 June 2016: Short-list announced
- 26 July 2016: Hustings, held by The Manchester Evening News
- 9 August 2016: Results announced
Candidates
| Name | Born | Current/previous positions | Announced candidacy | Campaign website |
' | 7 1 1970 | Shadow Home Secretary Secretary of State for Health MP for Leigh | 5 May 2016 | |
' | 4 3 1967 | Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs MP for Bury South | 18 February 2016 | |
25 2 1950 | Mayor of Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner MP for Manchester Central | 11 February 2016 |
Result
Turnout was 65.3%, with 7,427 votes cast.Endorsements
;Andy Burnham- Debbie Abrahams, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Yvonne Fovargue, MP for Makerfield
- Andrew Gwynne, Shadow Health Minister, MP for Denton and Reddish
- Alan Johnson, Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Chair of Labour IN for Britain, MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
- Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow
- Cllr Rishi Shori, Leader of Bury Council
- Cllr Alex Ganotis, Leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council
- Co-operative Party, UK centre-left political party closely affiliated to the Labour Party
- Theresa Griffin, MEP for North West England
- Afzal Khan, MEP for North West England
- Rebecca Long-Bailey, MP for Salford and Eccles
- Cllr Kieran Quin, Leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East
- Angela Rayner, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne
- Unite the Union, largest trade union in the UK and Ireland