Will the Labour Party select Andy Burnham as the next Prime Minister of the UK before the end of July?
73% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 40 predictions cast.
Andy Burnham was declared leader of Britain's governing Labour Party on Friday, July 17, 2026, clearing the final hurdle to become the UK's next prime minister. The former mayor of Greater Manchester was the sole contender in the leadership contest, securing nominations from 379 of the 403 Labour MPs in the House of Commons.
The contest was triggered after outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced out by a rebellion within his own party. Starmer was set to formally tender his resignation to King Charles III on Monday, July 20, after which the King would ask Burnham to form a government, making him Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade of political turnover.
The community got this one right: 73% predicted Labour would select Burnham as the next PM before the end of July, and the leadership contest's uncontested nature made the outcome effectively certain well before Friday's formal declaration. Burnham has already signaled early policy shifts, including dropping a digital ID scheme championed by Starmer's government.