Who is Andy Burnham's wife, Marie-France van Heel? (opens original article in a new tab)

Marie-France van Heel, wife of UK politician Andy Burnham, is a potential future prime minister's spouse. She met him in 1989 at Cambridge and appeared on a 1992 TV dating show.

• Marie-France van Heel is the wife of Andy Burnham, a potential successor to Sir Keir Starmer as UK prime minister.
• Van Heel met Burnham in 1989 at the University of Cambridge and appeared on the TV show Blind Date in 1992.
• The couple reunited 12 years after their initial meeting, with van Heel's ex-date later working in the Conservative Party.