US EditionLabour Faces Three-Way Contest in Manchester By-Election Amid Rising Reform and Green Support
Labour, Greens, and Reform UK are nearly tied in a by-election seen as a critical test of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership, with Labour's previous 13,000-vote majority at risk.
- Polling in the northwest England district opened Thursday, with the three-way contest triggered by former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne's resignation and featuring Angeliki Stogia.
- The Labour National Executive Committee blocked Andy Burnham from standing and selected Angeliki Stogia as its candidate, exposing internal party tensions and Starmer's control, as sources said.
- Demographic splits across Gorton and Denton shaped targeted campaigning by Greens and Reform, with Gorton wards close to majority Muslim and Denton wards over 80% white; Reform UK targets white working-class voters while Hannah Spencer, 34-year-old Green candidate, appeals to the 28% Muslim population.
- A Labour win would give Sir Keir Starmer breathing space and blunt internal opponents, with polls closing at 10pm and results due early Friday.
- The result could signal a wider realignment as Labour's coalition fragments, with Keir Starmer's 2024 coalition weakening and voters backing Reform UK and the Green Party on immigration, cost of living, and Gaza.
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The government of Prime Minister Starmer has lost enormous popularity since the election victory in July 2024. Labour is now losing an election in a former stronghold of the party.
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UK Labour party fights hard right, leftists in traditional stronghold
Voters in northern England cast ballots Thursday in a local poll seen as a key test of the ruling Labour party's ability to fend off growing support for the hard right and leftists, as the country's traditional two-party system splinters.
Voters go to polls in crucial bye-election test for U.K.’s Starmer
Anything other than a victory for Labour could make it very difficult for Starmer to serve out his full term; a recent poll on voting intentions showed Labour at 28%, Greens at 28% and the far-right Reform U.K. just behind at 27%
Gorton and Denton by-election: Muslim voters poised as kingmakers in three-way contest
Voting is taking place in the Gorton and Denton by-election with Muslim voters set to decide the outcome in a near three-way tie between the Green Party, Labour and Reform UK. Recent Opinium polling finds Labour and the Green Party neck and neck at 28 per cent each, with Reform UK just behind on 27 per […] The post Gorton and Denton by-election: Muslim voters poised as kingmakers in three-way contest appeared first on 5Pillars.
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.
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