LONDON — The Green Party triumphed in the Gorton and Denton by-election Friday to snatch a once-safe Labour seat from Keir Starmer’s governing party.
Hannah Spencer, a plumber and local councillor trade who pitched a populist cost-of-living message, will be the party’s newest MP having seen off both Labour and Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK. She received 14,980 votes (40.6 percent) — racking up a majority of 4,402, and helping to push Labour into third place less than two years after Keir Starer won a decisive general election victory.
Matt Goodwin, an academic-turned-Substacker who ran for Reform UK, received 10,578 votes (28.7 percent). Angeliki Stogia, standing for Labour, bagged just 9,364 votes (25.4 percent.)