US EditionLabour Faces Three-Way Contest in Manchester By-Election Amid Rising Reform and Green Support
A February 24 poll showed Labour, Reform UK, and Greens nearly tied, highlighting voter shifts amid Labour's internal struggles and challenges to Starmer’s leadership.
- 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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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%
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.
It's the supplementary one at Gorton and Denton College, and the result could be another trouble for the Keir Starmer government.
Will Gorton and Denton by-election result actually matter?
The outcome of today’s by-election in Gorton and Denton, one of the most unpredictable in years, will be closely scrutinised as a political bellwether.The southeast Manchester constituency was a Labour stronghold with a 13,400-vote majority until former MP Andrew Gwynne resigned. Now, polls have it as a three-way contest between Reform UK, Labour and the Green Party, whose candidate Hannah Spencer is a local councillor and plumber. Reform’s cand…
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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