Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls

Reform and the Greens both insist they can win Gorton and Denton from Labour – and if they do, it could be another nail in the prime minister’s coffin. Helen Pidd reports on how…

Labour faces double electoral threat in Thursday’s by-election

This byelection should have been a stroll for Keir Starmer’s party. Instead, all hope of defeating Matt Goodwin now seems to lie with the Greens, says Guardian columnist George…

Polls put seat in three-way dead heat with Labour facing threats from Reform and Green party in once safe seat

Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls

Voting begins in one of the most eagerly awaited and fiercely contested byelections of recent years

Labour's disappointing finish comes as Keir Starmer's party hits record levels of unpopularity.

Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer

The Green Party’s win in the Gorton and Denton by-election sends a “message of hope” to the country, Zack Polanski said after Hannah Spencer’s victory in the formerly safe seat…

Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old Green Party city councilor, beat the far-right Reform UK candidate and the Labour representative by a wide margin in a constituency that had been…

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

Gorton and Denton byelection shatters Labour strategy of neglecting its core base while focusing on Reform defectors

The night saw a big win for the Greens, disappointment for Reform and landmark losses for Labour and the Tories

Editorial: Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain

Labour billed it as ‘two-horse race’ with Reform UK, but Greens’ media campaign, and Hannah Spencer’s authenticity, wins the day

PM criticises ‘sectarian politics’ in byelection but party may fear Greens’ nascent leftwing political machine