Gorton and Denton by-election results: Nigel Farage accuses Greens of ‘sectarian cheating’ and lays down gauntlet to PM

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused the Greens of “sectarian cheating” after Zack Polanski’s party stormed to victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Amid reports of unprecedented levels of illegal family voting across the constituency, the Reform UK leader labelled Hannah Spencer’s win a “victory for sectarian voting and cheating”.

Mr Farage insisted that Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin was a “great candidate”, before declaring: “Roll on the elections on May 7.”

He added that the local elections will spell “goodbye” for both Sir Keir and the Conservatives.

Responding to the claims of sectarian cheating, a spokesman for the Greens declared: “This is an attempt to undermine the democratic result and is straight out of the Trump playbook.

“We’ve just won a historic by-election by a comfortable margin.

“We’ve shown the country that Greens can beat Reform, despite their big business donations.”