UK Green Party Wins Gorton By-Election; Big Blow To Labour Party As Starmer Faces Fire

The Green Party of England and Wales has pulled off a stunning by-election victory in Gorton and Denton, seizing the seat from Labour Party in a major blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Green candidate Hannah Spencer secured 14,980 votes, defeating Matthew Goodwin of Reform UK and Labour’s Angeliki Stogia. The upset in the Greater Manchester constituency ends decades of Labour dominance and signals a rapidly fragmenting political landscape. Spencer becomes the Greens’ fifth MP in the 650-seat House of Commons, intensifying pressure on Starmer’s government.