James Driver

he/him @unitetheunion . @leeds_Labour @yorkshirelabour REC- disabled members rep
email : [email protected]

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Makerfield By-Election Voting Intention:

LAB: 49% (+6)
RFM: 39% (-1)
RES: 8% (+1)
GRN: 2% (-1)
LDM: 1% (-3)
CON: 1% (-1)

Via @Survation, 26 May - 1 Jun.
Changes w/ 18-22 May.

[Luke Charters MP @lukejcr]

Andy can win this seat.

If he does? He can get an Avanti to Westminster with a blueprint to beat Reform.

Britain wants change you can see on your street, and feel in your pocket.

His record in Manchester proves he delivers it. If he runs, I’m in. 👊

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

A big boost but we take nothing for granted and fight for every vote like our future depends on it. Because it does 🌹🌹

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

Homage to northern soul & the legendary Wigan casino in this @AndyBurnhamGM campaign logo

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

After the Manchester 10k, campaigning in the hills of Hindley was a tough ask!

And my opponents are getting a little more desperate in what they are throwing at me.

But I won’t be deflected and am sticking to the game plan! 💪🏻

[Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn]

Exclusive: Carol Vorderman demands apology from Reform by-election candidate Robert Kenyon over lewd comments.

Ex-Deputy PM Angela Rayner also tells The Mirror: “It says all you need to know about Reform that they are allowing this repulsive misogynistic abuse to stand.”

https://t.co/OJ7LAhrpDk

[Luke Charters MP @lukejcr]

Over the next few months, millions will tune in to watch inspirational women like Kelly Cates, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott lead the BBC’s World Cup coverage. Alex alone has 140 England caps. Let that sink in.

Meanwhile, Reform’s misogynistic by-election candidate Robert Kenyon apparently thinks he’d “rank higher” than a female presenter and former player. His credentials? Playing FIFA.

You honestly couldn’t make it up. This is the same party whose leader Nigel Farage called Andrew Tate an “important voice for men.”

Tells you everything you need to know.

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

This is the most insulting take I've seen I like many others canvassed over 150 times, in a seat we narrowly lost to reform, and now we are putting our lives on hold again to travel across the country to get someone elected we believe can turn the party and country round.

[Viviane: 🌹Labour led by Keir for me @LaindonFEMINIST]

Imagine if all those people out in Makerfield happy to canvass a seat we already hold had put themselves out to canvass in the local elections in the exact same area that went to Reform.

That would have been a Labour thing to do. But no doubt they weren’t seen hide nor hair of

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

In 2009, when I was Health Secretary, I took an on-the-spot decision at my MP’s surgery to go to Libya to help Sarah, a mum from Hindley, find her daughter.

I have always used whatever influence I have for the benefit of people here - and I always will.

WATCH the full story.👇🏻

[Daisy Eastlake @daisyeastlake]

🟢 EXCL: Senior Green Party figures have urged Zack Polanski to consider stepping aside for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election if the Greater Manchester mayor commits to introducing proportional representation

Green councillors, activists and former party leaders have signed a joint statement warning that the party should approach the contest with “trepidation”

The letter, whose signatories include Jonathan Bartley, who led the party between 2016 and 2018, and Rupert Read, a former Green councillor and author, says that Burnham’s election presents a “unique opportunity” to secure reform

“In all reality this is not a seat Greens can win. It will be a straight fight between Labour and Reform. But it’s no ordinary by-election. Labour’s candidate, Andy Burnham, is looking to return to Westminster to lead in parliament.”

“If Burnham will commit to backing proportional representation for the next general Labour election manifesto so that it is in place by the election after next, then on this unique occasion we don’t think Greens should run a full campaign against him,” the letter says

Full read in @thetimes 👇

https://t.co/t2YQqeBxcO

[Tom Bowell @thomasbowell]

Keep up the great work @andy4makerfield @LabourNorthWest team👏

The desperate tweets/replies from some underline the energy and strength of this campaign to get Makerfield a fantastic Labour MP in Andy.

Looking forward to taking a trip up north soon to hit the doors 🌹🙌🏻

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

@finn_onpolitics @AndyBurnhamGM You too!!

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

Good to be in Makerfield again today supporting @AndyBurnhamGM plenty of people recognising Andy is exactly what we need now to move Makerfield and the country forward. The fight of our times for the next 3 weeks. But one we can win. One we will win together 🌹🌹🌹

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Founder of cafe for adults with additional needs "deeply disappointed" by Reform UK visit

https://t.co/g6cTaqMRkk

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

Session one of many completed in Makerfield, lots of personal support for @AndyBurnhamGM to make the kind of long lasting change both to our party and our country that are so desperately needed.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Congratulations to @AndyBurnhamGM - Labour’s candidate for Makerfield.

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Oasis give Andy Burnham permission to use Some Might Say in Makerfield election campaign video

https://t.co/PmC6W4h4sG

[James Driver @JamesDriverLab]

This is without doubt the most important by election fight most of us will ever face. A difficult fight no doubt about that, but a fight we must win, and we will win! TOGETHER! As one Labour family!!! 🌹🌹🌹

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

Politics isn’t working for places like ours.

I will change that.

#AndyBurnham #ForUs

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

Not the result we wanted. But thanks to everyone who came up to speak to me today.

Appreciate all the advice and agree with the main consensus: “Get new running shorts.”

The one bit that sticks most in my mind? “You need to be clearer that Labour left us. We didn’t leave Labour.”

I agree. From here on, I will say it more clearly: mine is a campaign to change Labour back to the party people used to know. A party solidly on the side of working class people. Make no mistake about that.

Despite what happened on the pitch, Everton FC once again excelled off it. It gave me hope that, despite everything, we can re-build more unity in our country. 🙌🏻

#bradleylowery @Bradleysfight