Green Party Wins Gorton and Denton By-Election, Labour Falls to Third Place

In a by-election for the Gorton and Denton seat in Greater Manchester, the Green Party's Hannah Spencer won with 40.7% of the vote, marking a significant gain for the Greens and a setback for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party, which fell to third place with 25.4%. The anti-immigration Reform UK party came second. The seat, held by Labour for nearly a century, was vacated due to the previous MP's resignation. The result highlights growing political fragmentation and increases pressure on Starmer ahead of upcoming local elections.