Andy Burnham has passed his first electoral test as Prime Minister after Labour won the Manchester mayoral election. Bev Craig was announced winner on Friday evening, defeating Reform UK's Sian Astley who finished second. Reform's Sian Astley come second in the poll - Gary Roberts/Sopa/LightRocketThe contest, which is expected to have cost the taxpayer around £5m, was triggered after Mr Burnham won the Makerfield by-election and returned to Westminster. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementLabour was accused of "rushing through" changes to the voting system last month in an effort to prevent the Reform candidate from becoming Mayor of Greater Manchester. The Government pushed through a motion in the House of Lords that meant mayoral contests would no longer use a first-past-the-post system and would instead use the supplementary vote.