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
  • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
    715·
    21 days ago

    Calm down. If the Greens get more than a dozen seats at the GE it would be insane.

    At by-elections, the punters whip the government. It’s how it’s always been.

    In this case it was a vote against Starmer and Farage rather than a vote for the Greens. Tactical voting was big in this election, and observers have reported higher than normal coordination amongst voters in the polling stations (so-called family voting, which is illegal).

    • Denjin@feddit.uk
      21·
      21 days ago

      So let me get the “family voting” accusations straight. An unaccountable “monitoring group” have been observing elections for over 10 years. Not once have they seen more than 1% of votes be possibly affected by family voting. On this one instance they manage to see it affecting 12% of votes but neither report anything to the electoral officers on duty, whose job it is to enforce this regulation, or make any of their observations public?

      And it just so happens to give Farage another anti-muslim, anti-leftist talking point.

      Hmm.

      Also voter coordination is not illegal. Ballots themselves must remain confidential but it is not against the Ballot Secrecy Act to tell someone how you’re going to vote or who you should think they should vote.

    • FundMECFS@piefed.zipEnglish
      6·
      21 days ago

      The greens are polling at the same number as labour, consistently for the past couple months. Labour is as unpopular as they’ve ever been.

    • bearboiblake@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      21 days ago

      Labour won the last election, but now all their support is jumping ship. Reform are losing support. The next election is the Green’s to lose.