Joe Pike
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first heard Feb 2026
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I mean, he is still, he would still have, you know, if he had the numbers, he could go over the top at any point of his choosing.
And that would trigger, you know, that would trigger the process.
Now, given the party has now said...
that it won't stand in the way of Andy Burnham running in a by-election.
And we are collectively of the accepted view that this is not a typical by-election.
That is the party saying that it anticipates the potential for a race with Andy Burnham on the ticket if he can win the by-election, which points to a timescale that isn't sort of wildly predictable.
That said, just to walk through where we might get to timing-wise before I guess we dive into where streeting is, it's quite possible, I think, that the writ, that's the procedure that is invoked for a by-election date to be set, could come quite quickly.
Indeed.
And so Josh Simons could request a Crown appointment, which would exclude him from being able to carry on as an MP.
By the way, a couple of Scottish National Party MPs have done just that, having won seats at Holyrood.
And you become the... Now, let's get this right between us.
The Manor of Northstead...
Or the Chiltern Hundreds, which are crown appointments which you cannot hold whilst also being an elected Member of Parliament.
And that means, because technically you can't resign as an MP.
And you hold that post until somebody else resigns and takes the post from you.
Anyway, that could all happen quite quickly.
So, you know, is it possible you get that by election within about a month or five weeks, maybe?
I'm speculating now.
If you did do that and Andy Burnham won, so two ifs, he could be back in Parliament by sort of mid-June, end of June.
That's still three weeks, four weeks before Parliament rises for the summer.
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