BBC Politics27 Feb 2026
Green MP cancels plumbing jobs after by-election win
New Green MP Hannah Spencer has apologised to clients for having to cancel jobs after by-election win.
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Green party’s Gorton and Denton win is wake-up call Labour needed to hear
Labour billed it as ‘two-horse race’ with Reform UK, but Greens’ media campaign, and Hannah Spencer’s authenticity, won the day From the outset of the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour strategists were desperate to say the party was on course to win, but the party’s trouncing at the hands of the Greens has made this look laughable in hindsight. Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary, sent a note to No 10 at the end of January saying it was “clearly a two-horse race” with Reform UK, and onl
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
The Guardian view on Gorton and Denton: a warning shot across Labour’s bows | Editorial
Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain The Greens have every reason to celebrate their victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection. From a standing start in a Manchester constituency, Zack Polanski’s team tripled his party’s vote to capture a seat that had effectively voted Labour in every election but one since 1906 – the year Labour was born. Labour coming third behind Reform UK is not routine m
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Sky News Politics27 Feb 2026
Gorton and Denton by-election result proves Polanski surge is real and the Greens are a serious threat to Labour
At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this.
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Labour MPs demand Starmer change direction after humiliating byelection loss
The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, overturned a 13,000 Labour majority to win the Gorton and Denton seat Keir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or see a leadership challenge within months after the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in Gorton and Denton. Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, became the party’s fifth MP on Friday. Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Martin Rowson on the Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton – cartoon
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Greens win Gorton and Denton: is this a turning point for UK politics? – The Latest
The Green Party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gordon and Denton byelection in a major blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England, with Labour pushed into third place behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK despite having a 13,000-vote majority. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of England correspondent Hannah Al-Othman, who lives in the constituency and was at the count overnight – watch on YouTube Continue reading..
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
No more safe seats: the Greens take Gorton and Denton – podcast
In a stunning setback for Labour, the Green party has decisively won the Gorton and Denton byelection, with Reform UK finishing second. Does this result signal the end of Labour’s safe seats? And could it mark the beginning of the end for Keir Starmer? John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey unpack the fallout – and explore what might happen next Continue reading...
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Spencer’s victory speech an object lesson in grace while Reform’s man rages | John Crace
Matt Goodwin claimed cheating, Labour’s Gorton candidate quickly fled, Keir was tin-eared and Kemi brought the comedy It could have been a flash of arrogance. Hubris for the ages. On Thursday morning, at a time when most pundits were still calling the Gorton and Denton byelection a three-way fight that was impossible to call, the Green party sent out a note to journalists. Come along to the first press conference of Hannah Spencer MP tomorrow. And while you’re about it, stay on to join her for h
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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026
Zack Polanski's unusual path to becoming Green Party leader
Zack Polanski has led the Greens to their first Westminster by-election victory, just six months after taking over the party.
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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026
Making a statement, Hannah Spencer’s ‘gross green’ is a political and TikTok winner
Green party’s victorious Gorton and Denton byelection candidate taps into the colour meme of the moment with her chartreuse waistcoat UK politics live – latest updates Of course the Green candidate wore green, though the correct term – the 2026 TikTok one – is “gross green”. Coined by New York magazine, and seen all over the high street as well as on the cover of Caro Claire Burke’s forthcoming satirical novel Yesteryear, it’s actually chartreuse. But where’s the fun in calling it that? And it
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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026
Henry Zeffman: Green victory shows insurgent parties are here to stay
The party's historic win in Gorton and Denton by-election is clearest sign yet of changing political landscape.
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