Greens shock Labour with by-poll upset in safe Manchester seat, signal fragmented UK politics

In a surprise result in England, the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton special election, dealing a setback to Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Labour Party slipped to third in a long-held stronghold. Green candidate Hannah Spencer secured 14,980 votes, defeating Reform UK’s Matthew Goodwin and Labour’s Angeliki Stogia. The upset in Greater Manchester underscores growing fragmentation in Britain’s political landscape.