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Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform [View all]
The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton by-election - their first ever Westminster by-election win
The Greens' Hannah Spencer becomes the new MP, with Reform's Matt Goodwin in second place and Labour's Angeliki Stogia in third
In her victory speech, Spencer says she is a plumber who never grew up wanting to be a politician
The vote was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne on health grounds - it had been considered a safe Labour seat
"It's not just that Labour have lost, they've lost badly," says polling expert Sir John Curtice
The Greens' Hannah Spencer becomes the new MP, with Reform's Matt Goodwin in second place and Labour's Angeliki Stogia in third
In her victory speech, Spencer says she is a plumber who never grew up wanting to be a politician
The vote was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne on health grounds - it had been considered a safe Labour seat
"It's not just that Labour have lost, they've lost badly," says polling expert Sir John Curtice
Here are the results (% change from previous election in parentheses):
Greens: 40.7% (+27.5)
Reform UK: 28.7% (+14.7)
Labour: 25.4% (-25.3)
Conservatives: 1.9% (-6.0)
Liberal Democrats: 1.8% (-2.1)
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