Who is Andy Burnham, the man replacing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after his resignation?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in June that he was resigning, less than two years after he led his center-left Labour Party to a commanding general election victory. Starmer vowed an 'orderly transition,' after months of mounting public dissatisfaction over the economy and perceived slow progress in tackling illegal immigration. Burnham was the mayor of Manchester, Britain's fifth largest city, for about a decade. A Conservative Party lawmaker described Burnham as 'Keir Starmer with a Northern accent.' Burnham warned that increasing polarization, 'if we are not careful, is a path towards the politics of the United States.' Burnham is described as the 'so-called King of the North' who 'has championed a model of regional devolution.' Britons do not directly elect their prime minister. They elect their local members of Parliament.