Greens win Gorton and Denton by-election in blow to Starmer

Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, emerged victorious for the Greens, with 14,980 votes and a majority of 4,402 votes

Green Party leader Zack Polanski with Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Hannah Spencer (Danny Lawson/PA)

The Green Party has won its first ever UK parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, dealing a bitter blow to Keir Starmer.

Labour’s defeat, trailing in third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the previously rock-solid Greater Manchester constituency, will pile pressure on the prime minister.