Tactical Voting Groups Say Greens – Not Labour – Will Stop Reform In By-Election

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks as candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election Hannah Spencer is announced in Manchester, England, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

Tactical voters in Gorton and Denton should back the Green Party to stop Reform UK, according to two prominent organisations.

Days before the electorate hit the ballot box in the Greater Manchester constituency, Tactical.Vote and StopTheTories.Vote have concluded that supporting the Greens is the best way to prevent Nigel Farage’s party gaining another MP.