Greens Claim Historic By-Election Victory In Crushing Blow For Keir Starmer

Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin (L) listens as Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer gives her acceptance speech after winning the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary by-election, at Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, northern England on February 27, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

The Green Party has comprehensively won the Gorton and Denton by-election in a stunning result which saw Labour slump to third place.

In a crushing blow for Keir Starmer...