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

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The Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, dealing a bitter blow to Sir 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.Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, emerged victorious for the Greens, with 14,980 votes and a majority of 4,402 votes.

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00:01Spencer, Hannah, Catherine, the Green Party, 14,980.

00:11How does it feel? First by-election victory for the Green Party.

00:22You've said you've run a really positive campaign up there. Reform have just claimed.

00:28To people here in Gorton and Denton who feel left behind and isolated,

00:33I see you and I will fight for you.

00:36Because whilst our communities may sometimes be labelled in different ways,

00:40the thing everyone seems to have underestimated here,

00:43especially over the last few weeks, is how similar we all actually are.

00:47How we have common ground, how we get along, how we stand up for each other.

00:52The cracks that we're starting to show can be healed.

00:55And I believe that it's through offering people hope

00:58and a chance to do things differently and do things better.

01:03While we're still here.

01:04I promise it's true.

01:07I will see you next time.

01:12I've seen a couple of things there.

01:12I promise you there...

01:13I'll see you next time.

01:14I love you.

01:14I love you too.

01:15I love you too.

01:15I'm just joking.

01:15You're saying this.

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