Labour's Bev Craig comfortably held the Greater Manchester (GM) mayoralty, vacated last month by Andy Burnham. An aggregate vote share of 21% on first preferences, and under 30% with second preferences added, will have been at the bottom end of the party's expectations. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementReform had topped the poll across Greater Manchester in May's local elections, sweeping dozens of councillors out of office. Though this is by a large margin Reform's strongest ever performance in a Greater Manchester mayoral election, it is only their fifth best performance in all mayoral elections, behind all four of last May's contests. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementTurnout across Greater Manchester was a shade over 25%, down nearly seven points on the 2024 figure.