Greens Hit Back At Farage's Claim They Won By-Election By 'Cheating'

Voters in the Longsight area of Manchester, northwest England, enter a polling station, Thursday Feb. 26, 2026, as voters head to the polls in the Gorton and Denton constituency. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

The Green Party has hit back at Nigel Farage’s claim the party won the Gorton and Denton by-election thanks to “sectarian voting and cheating”.

The Reform UK leader hit out after his party’s candidate, Matt Goodwin, was comfortably beaten into second place by the Greens’ Hannah Spencer.