US EditionGreen Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election, pushing Labour into third place
- On Friday, the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Hannah Spencer, local councillor and plumber, declared winner at the Manchester Central convention centre, marking the Greens' first parliamentary by-election victory and raising their total to five Commons seats.
- The contest developed into a three-way fight among Labour, Reform UK, and the Greens after Andrew Gwynne resigned on January 22, making the seat highly competitive.
- Vote tallies show the Greens on 14,980 with a 26.4% swing from Labour, Reform UK on 10,578, Labour on 9,364, and turnout at 47.62.
- Labour's relegation to third place raises fresh questions about Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, while Zack Polanski, Green leader, gains a political boost and Labour's anti-Reform claim weakens before May's local and devolved elections.
- As Labour endures a second by-election loss since 2024, analysts warn of broader political consequences, with Professor Sir John Curtice saying a 26.2% swing would cost Labour 399 seats and renewing scrutiny of Labour leadership's decision to block Andy Burnham.
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Workers' Party suffered defeat for the Green Party, on the left, in an area that dominated almost a century ago
It is a gossip for British Prime Minister Starmer: his Labour party has clearly lost the vote in Manchester - against a newcomer from the Greens. Observers even see the end of the British People's Party. By G. Biesinger.
In a post-election in northwestern England, Prime Minister Starmer's ruling Labour Party lost a seat in parliament.
Green Party wins U.K. by-election, raising pressure on PM Starmer
Hannah Spencer of the U.K.'s left-wing Green Party won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton on Friday, with Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform party coming second, and Labour pushed into third place.
For the first time, the Greens are winning a by-election in the UK: 34-year-old Hannah Spencer scores 41 percent near Manchester. The big loser of the election night is Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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