Labour’s deputy leader appears to admit party has lost Gorton and Denton by-election

Labour Party Deputy Leader Lucy Powell is interviewed during the vote count for the Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester (Picture: EPA)

The deputy leader of the Labour party, Lucy Powell, has appeared to concede the by-election in Manchester.

Labour’s deputy leader has admitted the Greens had won the ‘argument that they were best placed’ to keep Reform UK out of Gorton and Denton.

‘I wanted Angeliki Stogia to be my colleague in Parliament,’ she told Sky News.

‘But...