Humiliation for Starmer as Greens seize safe Labour seat

• The Green Party achieved a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking a formerly safe Labour seat.
• Green candidate Hannah Spencer won with 14,980 votes, with Reform UK's Matt Goodwin coming second with 10,578 and Labour's Angeliki Stogia finishing third with 9,364.
• This marks the Green Party's first ever win in a parliamentary by-election and represents the sixth largest Labour majority to be overturned since the Second World War.
• The result is a significant blow to Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, raising further questions about his authority and Labour's strategy against Reform UK.
• An election observer group, Democracy Volunteers, reported high levels of 'family voting' in the constituency, a practice made illegal by the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023.

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Gorton and Denton: Starmer humiliated as Labour come third in crushing by-election defeat