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Andy Burnham

1970 - Today

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Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008, Culture Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party (Labour Co-op), Burnham identifies as a socialist and as belonging to the party's soft left. He once identified as being on the Blairite wing of the party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Andy Burnham is the 19,661st most popular politician (down from 19,221st in 2024), the 8,024th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,770th in 2019) and the 755th most popular British Politician.

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Among people born in 1970, Andy Burnham ranks 1,295Before him are Gruff Rhys, Juliet Campbell, Pooja Bedi, Chris Kanyon, Neil Sullivan, and Kamal Bahamdan. After him are Leleti Khumalo, Andrew Florent, Nicole Oliver, Brad Rowe, Adam Pascal, and Jo Frost.

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Andy Burnham ranks 755Before him are Tim Farron (1970), Leanne Wood (1971), Douglas Alexander (1967), Anna Soubry (1956), Ed Balls (1967), and Oliver Dowden (1978). After him are Jo Johnson (1971), Brandon Lewis (1971), Tanni Grey-Thompson (1969), Sarah Thomas (1981), Esther McVey (1967), and Liz Kendall (1971).