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  1. A smiling Andy Burnham stands alongside Count Binface while standing beside a costumed fox after being announced the winner of the Makerfield election.

  2. A picture of Andy Burnham making a speech and wearing a white top and a picture of Keir Starmer in a navy suit

  3. A composite photo of two people. On the left, is Peter Harris, speaking in a council chamber. He wears a dark suit, a turquoise blue tie. Steve Reed is wearing a navy blue suit and red patterned tie. He is walking right to left. He is on the right, looking into the centre of the frame.

  4. Man in blue shirt outside pebbledash building with a hanging plant and houses behind him

  5. A woman in her 30s with brown hair tied back and large black glasses wearing a black v-neck top. She is standing outside a light bricked building in a car park that is out of focus.

  6. Head-and-shoulders image of Alex Clarke. He is looking into the camera. He has red hair and a beard. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses, a pale T-shirt and light grey blazer.

  7. An image of a series of security gates in a prison - with floor-to-ceiling white metal bars. Above the first set it says "E/F Wing" and a prison officer - a bald man in a white shirt and black trousers - is opening the gate. We see him from behind.

  8. Andy Burnham dressed in a white shirt and wearing his black rimmed glasses

  9. Keir Starmer reacts as he meets with local residents during a visit to a housing development in north London

  10. Andy Burnham is stood in front of a crowd of people who are cheering him. He is wearing a white shirt and glasses, and is smiling.

  11. Newly elected Makerfield MP Andy Burnham of Britain's Labour Party reacts following his victory in the Makerfield by-election, triggered by the resignation of Labour MP John Simons, at the The Edge Wigan in Wigan, Britain, June 19, 2026.

  12. Patrick Hurley has a bald head, dark spectacles, a white shirt, maroon tie and sky blue jacket,

  13. Kemi Badenoch

  14. Reform UK Nigel Farage, shown wearing a dark suit and light blue tie

  15. Andy Burnham giving his victory speech after winning the by-election. A close-up, upper-body view of him is visible and he is wearing a dark blazer or suit jacket, black crew-neck shirt underneath, dark-framed glasses and has a small yellow lapel pin attached to the jacket. Two microphones extends toward the speaker from the lower right of the image.

  16. Kemi Badenoch in a blue suit

  17. A close-up of reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick during piece to camera from studio

  18. Gabriela Ogreanu in a red dress and standing in a communal room with a TV screen in the background.

  19. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch campaigning for Aberdeen South candidate Douglas Lumsden during a visit to Cove Rangers ahead of the by-election.

  20. Matt Chorley is wearing a light grey suit with a white shirt. He is stood with the tower of Big Ben behind him.

  21. PM Keir Starmer

  22. Reed on breakfast.

  23. Wayne Briggs wears a suit and tie, he looks at the camera

  24. Celebrating Scottish Conservatives at the count in Aberdeen South