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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Josh Halliday

Greens launch major push for Gorton and Denton after Burnham blocked

Zack Polanski speaking from a podium with the Green party logo behind him
The Green leader, Zack Polanski, was due in the constituency on Tuesday to kick off a campaign of canvassing. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

The Greens are set to stage an all-out fight to win the upcoming Gorton and Denton byelection, with officials in the party arguing they have a real chance of victory after Andy Burnham was barred from applying to be the Labour candidate.

The Greens came third in the seat in the general election, nearly 14,000 votes behind Andrew Gwynne, the sitting MP who stepped down last week. But they plan to flood the constituency with activists in the hope of persuading locals they are the party more likely to defeat Reform UK.

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