Green party’s Hannah Spencer secures victory in Gorton and Denton as Reform UK finish second and Labour is pushed into third

Analysis: Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer

Keir Starmer has done a pooled clip for broadcasters about the Gorton and Denton byelection result. In his opening statement he said:

It’s a very disappointing result.

Incumbent governments quite often get results like that mid-term.