POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE!!! GREENS SNATCH SHOCK BY-ELECTION WIN — FARAGE CRIES “CHEATING”

The Greens are today celebrating their first ever victory in a UK by-election as the party stunned and Reform to take the Gorton and Denton seat in Greater Manchester.

Hannah Spencer won the vote after securing 14,980 ballots, more than 4,000 ahead of her nearest challenger Reform’s Matt Goodwin.

Ms Spencer’s victory piles fresh misery onto who insisted only Labour could .

The Greens’ victory at Gorton and Denton represents the sixth largest Labour majority to be overturned at a by-election since the .

Reacting to his party’s defeat, claimed there had been ‘cheating’ after official observers raised the alarm about ‘family voting’ – a major breach of electoral law.

Family voting is where a voter is accompanied by another person into or near polling booths with the intention of influencing their vote.

The Reform UK leader posted on X: ‘This election was a victory for sectarian voting and cheating. Matt Goodwin was a great candidate for us. Roll on the elections on May 7th. It will be goodbye Starmer and goodbye to the Tory party.’

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Greens pull off historic victory in Gorton and Denton by-election

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Gorton and Denton by-election result where the Greens have stunned Labour and Reform by pulling off a historic victory.

Zack Polanski’s party are today celebrating their first ever win in a by-election as plumber Hannah Spencer stormed to victory with nearly 15,000 votes.

Her triumph will spell major problems for Keir Starmer as Labour faces the local elections in May.

While Nigel Farage’s Reform have also been left disappointed after an attempt to build further momentum was prevented.

Stick with us as we bring you all the latest reaction and fallout from the vote which has sparked a bitter war of words between the parties.