# Voters in Burnham’s constituency reject his Brussels ‘reset’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/voters-in-burnhams-constituency-reject-his-brussels-reset/
- Published: 2026-11-09T23:37:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T00:03:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16279787/voters-Andy-Burnham-constituency-reject-Brussels-reset.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Makerfield voters mostly favour UK control over key policy decisions.
- 80% want state aid policy decided in the UK.
- The survey comes as an EU rules alignment deal is being prepared.

## Summary

A survey of voters in Makerfield suggests that most want the UK Government to decide national policy, challenging Andy Burnham’s pledge to use his Leave-voting constituency as a “Makerfield test” for government decisions. The findings come as Burnham works on an agreement, expected to be unveiled on 20 November, that would align Britain with some EU rules.

Survation questioned voters on ten policy areas without mentioning the EU. Eighty per cent said state aid for regional development should be decided in the UK, 75 per cent said the same about refusing criminals entry, and 78 per cent about setting VAT rates; only 2 to 12 per cent favoured following international institutions’ decisions on those issues. Britain Unbound said the results opposed transferring powers to EU institutions, while Labour MP Chris Ward has called for Keir Starmer to drop his Brexit red lines at the next election.

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