By John Stevens Andy Burnham has been re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester. He got over 420,749 votes compared to his Tory challenger Laura Evans who picked up 68,946. The Labour politician, who has been nicknamed King of the North, has held the role since 2017. The result comes after the Tories have faced a difficult couple of days, losing over 450 council seats across England. Labour won inaugural mayoral contests in York and North Yorkshire, the East Midlands and the North East, and gained nine police and crime commissioner posts from the Tories, including in Cumbria, Avon and Somerset…