Greens select former mayoral candidate to run in Gorton and Denton byelection

Hannah Spencer is aiming to become the Greens’ fifth sitting MP, and their first ever in the north of England. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The Green party has selected the former mayoral candidate Hannah Spencer to run in the Gorton and Denton byelection.

Spencer, a Trafford councillor and plumber by trade, used to live in the constituency and was the Green candidate for mayor of Manchester in the 2024 election, where she finished fifth behind Labour’s Andy Burnham, who retained the post, and Conservative, independent and Reform candidates.