US EditionGreen Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election, pushing Labour into third place
Hannah Spencer secured nearly 41% of votes, marking the Green Party's first parliamentary win in northern England and pushing Labour to third place amid declining support.
- 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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Keir Starmer, the leader of the British Labour Party, is facing an ultimatum from his own party after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton borough by-election. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, won in a borough where the Labour candidate had last won by 13,000 votes. The defeat was particularly devastating as the area had been a Labour seat for almost a century and the party had been hoping to win even o…
San Bernardino Sun
A UK election win for the Green Party is a nightmare for Labour and Starmer. Here are the takeaways
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — An emphatic election victory for Britain’s environmentalist Green Party is a nightmare for Prime Minister Keir Starmer that raises questions about how long he will continue as leader. Less than two years after winning power in a landslide, Starmer’s center-left Labour Party not only lost a longtime stronghold in its northern England heartlands — it came third, finishing behind both the left-leaning Greens and the ha…
Sydney Morning Herald
How a firebrand plumber triumphed for the Greens and infuriated the UK right
Hannah Spencer walked through communities each day with a big smile, bright clothes and her four greyhounds. She was an antidote to the anodyne political class.
A new sign of the break-up of British political life, the ecologist candidate won the early legislative election of Gorton and Denton in the northwest of England, ahead of the Labour as the far right.
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