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Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

Evening Standard

Late deciders, higher turnout: what the Gorton and Denton byelection taught us about voters

Hannah Spencer’s win in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection was a momentous victory for the Green party. The party’s first-ever byelection win overturned a large Labour majority and put the general election winners into third place, behind Reform UK.

The Conversation

Zack Polanski's Greens surge in London - could they even be in first place ahead of Labour?

New poll comes ahead of the May local elections when Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses in the capital

Evening Standard

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Embattled Starmer tells Labour MPs his leadership represents the ‘mainstream majority’

The prime minister addressed a meeting of Labour MPs for the first time since the party suffered a humiliating defeat last week in Gorton and Denton

The Independent UK

Farage: Reform candidate would have won by-election if only UK citizens voted

The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer triumphed in the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform’s Matt Goodwin coming second.

Evening Standard

New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer sworn in to Parliament after by-election win

The new Gorton and Denton MP was called forward by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle at the start of parliamentary business on Monday.

Evening Standard

Byelection trouncing has lessons for Labour

Letters: Readers respond to the Green party’s victory in Gorton and Denton

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Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration ‘disappointing’, says Alf Dubs

Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

The Guardian - UK

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton

The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s deputy tells him to ‘be more like Andy Burnham’ as he fights to survive as PM

In the aftermath of the Gorton and Denton by-election humiliation for Labour, deputy leader Lucy Powell has been critical of the decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor from standing as the party’s candidate

The Independent UK

Home Secretary to warn Labour to resist leftward shift after by-election loss

The result of Thursday’s poll saw Labour come third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the seat.

Evening Standard

Gorton and Denton by-election bombshell: Five big takeaways

The by-election was a devastating blow for Sir Keir Starmer as Labour were pushed into a humiliating third place

Evening Standard

Starmer finds himself in a great Green mess – and he is now in the last chance saloon

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If the PM is to rebound from this disastrous result and fend off Zack Polanski from Labour's left flank, he must drop every distraction and ‘deliver, deliver, deliver’

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Gorton and Denton: a warning shot across Labour’s bows

Editorial: Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain

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The Conversation

Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage?

The victory of the Greens in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection is a landmark for the party. But our new research reveals the Greens have received limited airtime over the last year despite almost doubling their support in the polls and in party membership.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs demand Starmer change course after humiliating byelection loss

Scale of defeat to Greens has plunged party into fresh despair and again raised prospect of leadership challenge

The Guardian - UK

A rounded response on boulders’ origins

Brief letters: Stone lifting | A good result | Gorton and Denton lessons | Metres v millions

The Guardian - UK

Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer

Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time PM is capable of change

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The Conversation

‘Working hard used to get you something’: what Hannah Spencer’s speech tells us about her, and the state of British politics

Hannah Spencer’s parliamentary story – as the new Green MP for Gorton and Denton – has just begun.

The Guardian - UK

Spencer’s victory speech an object lesson in grace while Reform’s man rages

Matt Goodwin claimed cheating in Gorton and Denton, Angeliki Stogia fled, Keir was tin-eared and Kemi brought the comedy

The Guardian - UK

Having romped into third place in Gorton and Denton, Labour is celebrating its success with a word salad

Got battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what you’re selling – not considerably less, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Conversation

What Hannah Spencer’s historic win means for the Green party’s future

The byelection in Gorton and Denton this week has been huge for the Green party of England and Wales, with Hannah Spencer pushing Reform’s Matt Goodwin into second place, and Labour into third. Having one extra MP in parliament may not seem like a big milestone, but this byelection win…

The Guardian - UK

Five key takeaways from the Gorton and Denton byelection

The night saw a big win for the Greens, disappointment for Reform and landmark losses for Labour and the Tories

The Independent UK

‘Starmer is for the higher-ups rather than the lower-downs’: Gorton and Denton voters explain why Labour lost

ON THE GROUND: This corner of Greater Manchester, a key brick in the red wall, felt abandoned by Labour. Its voters tell Dan Haygarth why they’ve ditched Starmer’s party, leaving it with nowhere to turn

The Guardian - UK

‘We defeated the parties of billionaire donors’: Hannah Spencer’s victory speech

‘We don’t have to fight dirty to fight for change,’ says Green party’s new MP after Gorton and Denton byelection win

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