US EditionGreen Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election, pushing Labour into third place
Green candidate Hannah Spencer won with 14,980 votes, marking the party's highest Commons seat count and Labour's fall to third in a historically safe constituency.
- 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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Starmer’s Labour resort to smears and lies in Gorton & Denton - The Communist
Recent polling, on the back of the Gorton & Denton by-election, has put the Greens ahead of Labour. Starmer and his cronies are now running scared, stooping to gutter-level attacks to try and stop Zack Polanski’s party from making further gains. The post Starmer’s Labour resort to smears and lies in Gorton & Denton appeared first on The Communist.
Greens bash PM Starmer and Labour party in a Manchester stronghold
The Green Party has comfortably won a by-election for a vacant parliamentary seat, an embarrassing defeat for embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in one of its former strongholds.
The real lesson to take from Gorton and Denton is for the future of UK democracy
The real lesson to take from Gorton and Denton is for the future of UK democracy sam.macrory Sat, 28/02/2026 - 09:28 Westminster is dangerously underprepared for a multi-party future. 5 Comment Hannah White Institute for Government Yes Too many people in Westminster continue to consider the possibility of a multi-party government as an unwelcome aberration. Parliament and the constitution Electoral reform General election Constitutional reform …
It's that bad: UK PM Starmer stunned after Green Party nabs Labour's 'safest' seat
"Torn the roof off" British politics UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election. The result underscores the recent fragmentation of UK politics and the disruption of long-held electoral certainties. It has "torn the roof off" British politics, said Green Party Leader Zack Polanski. Spencer'…
Gorton & Denton: Has Green Party’s historic by-election win changed British politics?
It was supposed to be a three-horse race and too close to call. But that’s not how the Gorton and Denton by-election played out. Hannah Spencer emerged victorious for the Greens with 14,980 votes which was just over 40 per cent of the vote. Reform came second with 10,578. Labour came third in what had been a rock-solid seat for them with just a quarter of the vote. The Tories and Lib Dems were each squeezed to below 2 per cent and they lost thei…
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