Greater Manchester

American

noun

a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1,290 sq. km).

Greater Manchester British

noun

a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford, Stockport, and Tameside. Area: 1286 sq km (496 sq miles)

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Lucy Powell told the BBC's Newscast podcast that Labour needed to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor, after the party fell to third in a seat it had previously held.

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The committee had cited the "disproportionate" cost to the party of a mayoral election to replace Burnham when it blocked his bid to stand in the Greater Manchester seat.

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Now she said the party needs to look at why Burnham is so popular in Greater Manchester, saying people "see in him someone who is on their side, someone who is delivering those Labour values and those Labour policies".

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The Greater Manchester mayor previously told the BBC he had put his name forward for the by-election as he believed he was "probably in a better position than anybody to fight back" against Labour's opponents.

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A by-election in Greater Manchester might seem somewhat distant from Scotland - several hundred miles away at best, across a border.

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