Starmer accepts 'voters are impatient for change' as Greens celebrate 'seismic' by-election win
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Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, wins the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform coming in second and Labour in third.

Here are the vote counts for the candidates in first, second and third place:

  • Hannah Spencer (Green Party): 14,980 votes
  • Matt Goodwin (Reform UK): 10,578 votes
  • Angeliki Stogia (Labour Party): 9,364 vote
  • Denjin@feddit.uk
    14·
    26 days ago

    Imagine a Senate election in a state that’s always elected Democrats. All the media is saying how the MAGA candidate is going to win by a landslide and then a plucky little environmentalist who was late to an interview on NBC because she was at a plumbing course just smashed everyone.

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      4·
      26 days ago

      That sounds like a wonderful dream! So amazing that it actually came true over there!

      • Denjin@feddit.uk
        5·
        26 days ago

        By-elections (one that’s not part of the regular national elections for whatever reason) are always less predictable but it’s a good sign! That’s the second one in a row that Reform were confident they’d run away with it and got defeated by voters coming together to oppose them.