UK's Green Party wins Gorton and Denton parliamentary seat
Labour loses Gorton and Denton seat for first time in nearly a century as Green Party’s Hannah Spencer claims historic win, highlighting a shift in Britain’s political landscape.
Andrew MacAskill
Reuters
February 27, 2026
Green Party's candidate Hannah Spencer speaks following her victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, triggered by the resignation of Andrew Gwynne, at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, Britain, February 27, 2026.
Temilade Adelaja/Reuters
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered defeat on Friday in an election in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain's decades-old two-party politics.
The left-leaning Green Party's Hannah Spencer won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton with 14,980 votes, the first time the party has won a one-off parliamentary election.
The candidate for Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform UK party came second with 10,587 votes, while the governing Labour came third with 9,364 votes.
-Andrew MacAskill/Reuters
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