US EditionNorth East MP Says Labour Must 'Urgently Change Direction' After Gorton and Denton by-Election Defeat
The Green Party secured 41% of the vote with a 26% swing, pushing Labour to third and prompting calls for progressive policy shifts within Labour ranks.
- On Thursday, February 26, the Green Party won the Gorton & Denton by-election, overturning decades of Labour control and electing Hannah Spencer as the party's fifth MP and first in Greater Manchester and the North.
- The Greens increased their local vote share substantially from 13.2% in 2024 to 40.7%, amid voter anger over cost of living and Gaza, with turnout steady at 47.6%.
- The full count shows Reform UK and Labour trailing with 10,578 and 9,364 votes respectively, while Conservatives and Liberal Democrats polled 706 and 653, with 90 ballots rejected.
- On Friday, Kate Osborne blamed Keir Starmer and party managers, urging change, while the Prime Minister sent a letter to Labour MPs, and many fear a reshuffle is more likely than a leadership contest.
- The result positions the Green Party as a credible left alternative, revealing broader appeal and signalling polarisation that weakens the Labour-Tory duopoly while Reform UK shapes future elections.
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Which way back for Labour after Gorton and Denton by-election loss?
The Green Party has won the formerly safe Labour seat of Gorton and Denton. It was the Green’s first parliamentary by-election win and means Labour now has a very real threat to its left after focussing so much on the threat from Reform UK on the right. We spoke to the New Statesman’s Megan Kenyon and the former Number 10 advisor under the Blair and Brown governments Theo Bertram.
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