US EditionLabour Faces Three-Way Contest in Manchester By-Election Amid Rising Reform and Green Support
Rising support for Reform UK and the Greens challenges Labour's dominance amid local scandals and national campaigning in a constituency with a 13,000 Labour majority in 2024.
- Ahead of polling day, voters in Gorton and Denton face a three-way contest between the Green Party, Labour Party and Reform UK, with polls opening at 7am on Thursday.
- The by-election was triggered by Andrew Gwynne, former MP, resigning on health grounds, while Labour's National Executive blocked Andy Burnham and chose Angeliki Stogia as candidate.
- Opinium found that among likely voters, the Greens are on 30%, with Labour and Reform both on 28%, based on 401 responses and a margin of error of about five percentage points.
- With a 13,000 majority, a loss would damage Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Labour's standing, as Starmer campaigned for Angeliki Stogia amid final-day canvassing efforts.
- Amid the Greens' surge, two polls put the Green Party narrowly ahead or tied and bookmakers made them favourites; viral social posts required fact checks, and last year's Runcorn and Helsby by-election was decided by six votes.
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Great Britain's Prime Minister Starmer is under pressure. The whole country looks at a regional by-election: there his Labour party is in the polls immediately with the right-wing populists of Reform UK and the Greens. By C. Prössl.
The Tactics Of Suicide
Sorry, readers, we’ve been too busy boiling with rage at cretinous Americans for the last few days to trust ourselves with writing a full-length article, but we’ve just about calmed down enough in time for this month’s polling analysis. Which is handy, because today is the day of the Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester […]
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The MessengerA special election in England pits Starmer's Labour against rivals to left and right
A special election in England on Thursday has become a big test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his struggling Labour Party government. Voters in the Gorton and Denton constituency in northwest England are choosing among Labour, the Greens, and…
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