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Labour lost white working-class voters to Greens in Gorton and Denton, party analysis finds

Lucy Powell says byelection showed people need a ‘reason’ to vote Labour, as senior figures consider change in strategy

The Guardian - UK

New Green MP calls for tolerance and inclusivity in first Commons speech

Former plumber Hannah Spencer, who won Gorton and Denton byelection, also says more MPs from manual working backgrounds are needed

The Guardian - UK

More plumbers and plasterers should become MPs says Green in maiden speech

Hannah Spencer triumphed for the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election in February.

Evening Standard

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While people feel the foundations of their lives are shaking, this deep political crisis will continue

The partisan debate since the Gorton and Denton byelection risks blinding us to the truth. People are rejecting wholesale the way our politics has developed, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ‘too scared’ after by-election loss to support Trump’s war in Iran, Badenoch says

Starmer faced a humiliating by-election defeat in Gorton and Denton to the Green Party last week

The Independent UK

I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken

Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

The Guardian - UK

Labour beats Reform UK with first council by-election gain in almost a year

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has lost over 50 council seats in polls called since the last local elections

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Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent

After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majority

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

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.

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The Guardian - UK

Byelection trouncing has lessons for Labour

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

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Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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

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