The claim is supported by multiple contemporaneous reports and by HOPE not hate’s own post-election message. HOPE not hate said it and Carol Vorderman had “delivered 13,000 letters across the constituency,” and a campaign page linked to the effort said “Andy Burnham is the clear tactical vote to stop Reform UK in Makerfield.” GB News also reported that constituents received HOPE not hate literature “explicitly backing Andy Burnham” and urging a “fightback against Reform.” That means the leaflets/letters were indeed aimed at steering voters away from Rob Kenyon and toward Burnham, although they were framed mainly as an anti-Reform tactical-voting campaign rather than a simple one-line endorsement leaflet. (politicalemails.org) Sources: HOPE not hate email “Makerfield shows Reform can be beaten” (https://politicalemails.org/messages/2294860); ActionNetwork/Forward Democracy “Help us Stop Reform in Makerfield” (https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/help-us-stop-reform-in-makerfield); GB News “Nigel Farage reports anti-Reform leaflet to charity watchdog over 'pro-Labour message'” (https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-hope-not-hate-makerfield-labour); About Manchester “Carol Vorderman writes to Makerfield’s women over Reform candidates comments” (https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/carol-vorderman-writes-to-makerfields-women-over-reform-candidates-comments/); Searchlight “Women Against the Far Right urge Makerfield voters to reject Reform” (https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/06/women-against-the-far-right-urge-makerfield-voters-to-reject-reform/); LBC “‘It’s just disgusting stuff!: Carol Vorderman demands apology from Reform candidate after misogynistic comments’” (https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/carol-vorderman-demands-apology-from-reform-candidate-5HjdZqz_2/).