To: Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham promised ME a cap on political donations. Let's make him keep it!
I asked Andy Burnham directly whether he'd support a cap on political donations. He told me yes, in writing, before he was even back in Parliament.
I'm calling on Andy Burnham MP to put that promise on the record properly, not just in an email to me, and commit publicly to:
I'm calling on Andy Burnham MP to put that promise on the record properly, not just in an email to me, and commit publicly to:
- A cap of £1,000 on all political donations, from individuals and organisations alike
- Bringing this forward as a first-term priority if he becomes Labour leader or Prime Minister
He's already said yes. This petition exists to make sure enough people are watching that "yes" survives him actually getting the power to act on it.
Why is this important?
This isn't a hypothetical ask. I have it in writing — and it's already been reported.
Byline Times, "Andy Burnham Backs Political Donations Cap to Stop 'Undue Influence' by Big Money Donors," 10 June 2026
Caption: "Burnham's own words, on the record — and unchallenged by his team since publication."
Before the Makerfield by-election, I wrote to Andy Burnham and asked him directly: would he support a cap on political donations? He wrote back and said yes , that there should be a cap to stop any party being unduly influenced by big money and that Westminster needs "wholesale culture change." That's what he told me, personally, when he had nothing to gain from saying it and no power yet to deliver it.
He has that power now. Burnham has just won the Makerfield by-election and is back as an MP, a seat created specifically so he could challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. He may be Prime Minister within months.
And look at how far the current government has actually got on this. Facing pressure over Reform UK's mega-donors, Starmer's government has so far only announced a moratorium on crypto donations and proposed a £100,000 annual cap on donations from overseas electors. Both still going through Parliament and a 100x higher than the £1,000 figure campaigners are calling for.
Caption: "Burnham's own words, on the record — and unchallenged by his team since publication."
Before the Makerfield by-election, I wrote to Andy Burnham and asked him directly: would he support a cap on political donations? He wrote back and said yes , that there should be a cap to stop any party being unduly influenced by big money and that Westminster needs "wholesale culture change." That's what he told me, personally, when he had nothing to gain from saying it and no power yet to deliver it.
He has that power now. Burnham has just won the Makerfield by-election and is back as an MP, a seat created specifically so he could challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. He may be Prime Minister within months.
And look at how far the current government has actually got on this. Facing pressure over Reform UK's mega-donors, Starmer's government has so far only announced a moratorium on crypto donations and proposed a £100,000 annual cap on donations from overseas electors. Both still going through Parliament and a 100x higher than the £1,000 figure campaigners are calling for.
Burnham said yes to me when it cost him nothing. The test is whether he still says yes once the donor money starts flowing toward him instead of away.
He told me. Now help me hold him to it.
This petition grew out of correspondence through my campaign, WakeUpGB.co.uk — find out more about the wider push for cleaner political funding there.
He told me. Now help me hold him to it.
This petition grew out of correspondence through my campaign, WakeUpGB.co.uk — find out more about the wider push for cleaner political funding there.
How it will be delivered
Deliver it to him personally as he would like the media to see public support in numbers behind change
