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Starmer vows to fight on after historic Green by-election win
The Greens won 40.7% of the vote in Gorton and Denton, a former Labour stronghold, amid voter anger and strategic missteps by Labour leadership.
- On Friday, Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate, won the Gorton and Denton seat with 40.7%, with Reform second at 28.7% and Labour third at 25.4%.
- Starmer had staked his personal authority by blocking Andy Burnham from standing and visiting the constituency earlier this week, while the Greens mobilised Muslim voters upset by Labour's Gaza stance.
- The result takes the Green Party's seats in the House of Commons to five out of 650, and the Electoral Commission said it was 'aware of the report' about family voting.
- After the result on Friday, Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister and Labour leader, vowed to `keep on fighting` political 'extremes' and could face a leadership challenge after May local elections and regional polls in Scotland and Wales.
- With the next election due by mid-August 2029, John Curtice called the result a `seismic moment`, and Zack Polanski aims for at least 30 seats, possibly up to 50.
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The Manchester by-election was extremely painful for Labour, and for the local elections in May it is expected to be dark.
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Starmer vows to fight 'extremes' after UK Labour election drubbing
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday to fight "the extremes in politics" after left-wing and hard-right parties both beat his ruling Labour Party in what had been a traditional stronghold.The embattled centrist leader called his party's third-place showing — behind the victorious leftist Greens and anti-immigration Reform UK party — in Thursday's by-election for...
The Labour Party was third in the Gorton and Denton constituency elections, behind the Green Party and the populist Reformation
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right6Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution48% Center
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