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Final countdown as voters go to the polls in crucial by-election

Labour, Reform and the Greens are fighting it out in Gorton and Denton.

Evening Standard

Labour, Green party and Reform make final pitch to voters in Gorton and Denton – as it happened

Labour has focused its efforts at voters who may be tempted to back the Reform candidate in the by-election

The Guardian - UK

Bulletin AM briefing: Polls open in crucial by-election and four dead in speedboat shooting

Here are five of the morning’s biggest stories. Polls open in Gorton and Denton by-election that could decide Starmer’s future. Zelensky and Trump call for ‘leader level’ peace talks to end Ukraine war. Four killed on US speedboat in Cuba after ‘firing at patrol boat’. Government can appeal against Palestine…

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Gorton by-election: Who will win – Nigel Farage’s Reform, Zack Polanski’s Greens or Labour?

The Greens are the bookies’ favourite, Labour is confident, but never underestimate Reform

Evening Standard

Polls open in Gorton and Denton by-election that could decide Starmer’s future

A crucial by-election is underway in Gorton and Denton, serving as a significant test for Sir Keir Starmer's leadership. The contest is predicted to be a tight three-way race between Labour's Angeliki Stogia, Reform UK's Matt Goodwin, and the Green Party's Hannah Spencer. Sir Keir Starmer urged voters to back…

The Independent UK

What a Gorton byelection win would mean for Reform, Greens and Labour

Polls put seat in three-way dead heat with Labour facing threats from Reform and Green party in once safe seat

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urges voters to reject ‘toxic’ politics in last ditch plea as polls open in Gorton and Denton by-election

With his premiership on the line, the prime minister issued a final message to voters in Gorton and Denton where Labour’s seventh safest seat could fall to Reform or the Greens

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Gorton and Denton to vote in by-election that could determine Starmer’s future

The Greens have sought to pitch themselves as the only option for anti-Reform voters.

The Independent UK

Gorton & Denton by-election: The milestones and numbers to watch for

Labour is defending a majority of 13,413, which is just outside the party’s top 50 biggest wins at the 2024 election.

Evening Standard

Starmer takes aim at rivals in final PMQs before Gorton and Denton by-election

Labour faces an uphill fight to retain Gorton and Denton, which is due to go to the polls on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage heads to Gorton by-election for 'knife-edge' showdown against Zack Polanski's Greens and Labour

The by-election race was said to be on a knife edge after a poll showed Labour on 28%, the Greens 28% and Reform UK 27%

Evening Standard

The hard right has high hopes in Gorton and Denton – but a grassroots fightback is under way

As ordinary people feel the effects of divisive rhetoric, a local group is taking action to empower the community

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown warns Nigel Farage will drag UK back into ‘Tory poverty years’

Gordon Brown hit out at Reform’s plan to reinstate the two child benefit cap

The Independent UK

Greens leader Polanski hits back at ‘vile’ Labour

Zack Polanski defended his party’s drugs policy as campaigning in the Gorton and Denton by-election enters its final 48 hours.

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Starmer and Polanski in furious drugs bust-up as they scrap for votes in 'knife edge' Gorton by-election

Both Labour and the Greens argue they are best placed to beat Reform UK in the heated contest

The Independent UK

Starmer makes surprise visit at Gorton and Denton by-election in bid to save his premiership

Sir Keir Starmer visited Labour’s by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton with the party in a three-horse race with the Greens and Reform

The Guardian - UK

Matt Goodwin is running: the search for Reform’s elusive byelection candidate

Nigel Farage’s man in Gorton and Denton has a huge public platform, and a taste for culture war. What happens when he concerns himself with bin collections?

The Independent UK

How this forgotten corner of Manchester could redefine the age-old battle between the left and right

A by-election in Gorton and Denton on Thursday could see a new frontier emerge in British politics, as Dan Haygarth finds out

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The Independent UK

Playgrounds would become ‘crack dens’ if Greens were in power, policing minister says

The Green Party has previously campaigned to decriminalise drug possession

The Conversation

Who will win in Gorton and Denton? What the results of every byelection since 2010 tell us

The fight is on for the Gorton and Denton byelection on February 26. It is a three-way contest between Labour, Reform and the Greens. According to Electoral Calculus, a site which runs regular MRP (multi-level regression post stratification) surveys, Reform will win with 32% of the vote, the Greens will…

Evening Standard

'On a knife edge': Thousands of undecided voters set to sway Gorton by-election race between Reform, Greens and Labour

Nigel Farage, Green leader Zack Polanski and Sir Keir Starmer’s party are battling it out in a heated contest

The Guardian - UK

I see two things in Gorton and Denton: palpable frustration and the need for wise voting to stop Reform

After speaking to locals, I still can’t predict the result, but a big, combined effort will be needed. Without a united front the left may splinter and lose, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Fact Check: Image of Reform by-election candidate appears to use false quote

An online post claims Matthew Goodwin said he ‘hated’ living in Manchester.

The Conversation

Matt Goodwin is wrong about whiteness and Englishness – but here’s why he has struck a chord with some voters

Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton byelection, is just one of the rightwing politicians to recently question the “Englishness” of people who aren’t white and born in England. The claim is clearly out of step with reality. Exclusivist views are certainly out there, but in…

The Guardian - UK

‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?

With Gorton split between Labour and Greens, division creates opportunity for Farage’s party in other side of constituency facing byelection

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