# Andy Burnham under mounting pressure as 100 Labour MPs ‘want UK to start drilling for Rosebank oil’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andy-burnham-under-mounting-pressure-as-100-labour-mps-want-uk-to-start-drilling-for-rosebank-oil/
- Published: 2026-11-13T06:00:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T06:20:08+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/andy-burnham-rosebank-steve-yemm
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Yemm says up to 100 Labour MPs favour Rosebank drilling.
- Supporters cite jobs, energy security and lower import reliance.
- Rosebank is estimated to hold up to 500 million barrels.

## Summary

Labour MP Steve Yemm says as many as 100 Labour MPs support allowing production at the Rosebank oilfield, putting pressure on Andy Burnham and the Government over North Sea drilling. Their case centres on jobs, energy security and reducing reliance on imported oil and gas, while ministers remain divided and Labour’s manifesto rules out new North Sea fields.

Rosebank is estimated to contain 300 million to 500 million barrels of oil, and the Government says its approval process is independent. The 2024 manifesto ban is due to be written into law, though it does not cover Rosebank or the Jackdaw gasfield; Jackdaw could supply about 6 per cent of UK gas and enough to heat 1.4 million homes. Yemm also said he hoped the target for electric cars to make up 80 per cent of new sales by 2030 could be reduced to 50 per cent.

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