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Greater Manchester will head to the polls to vote for a regional mayor on Thursday, May 6.
The mayoral election was scheduled to take place in May 2020 but was postponed, along with a number of other local votes, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Eight candidates will be on the ballot paper alongside incumbent mayor Andy Burnham and it will be the second time the region has taken to the polls to choose a mayor.
But how long has
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The Courteeners in his victory speech after winning a second term – watch footage below.Burnham won 67.3 per cent of the vote in the city as votes from this week’s elections came in yesterday (May 8).When giving his victory speech, the Mayor took time to quote The Courteeners’ most famous lyric, from their hit ‘Not Nineteen Forever’.“God bless the band,” he told the crowd and cameras, adding: “If you know, you know…”See footage below:Big shout out to Andy Burnham
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