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Burnham

American  
[bur-nuhm] / ˈbɜr nəm /

noun

  1. Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.


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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.

From BBC

Challenged over whether he was wrong to block Burnham from standing, the PM said: "We had an excellent candidate, absolutely rooted in her community."

From BBC

After the incumbent Labour lawmaker quit, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said he would stand as a candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell, who voted for Burnham to be allowed to stand at the time, was asked whether Labour would have won with him as the candidate.

From BBC

The question of when - and how - the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham would try to return to Westminster has never been far from political conversation since at least last summer.

From BBC