Labour MPs demand Starmer change direction after humiliating byelection loss
The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, overturned a 13,000 Labour majority to win the Gorton and Denton seatKeir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or see a leadership challenge within months after the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in...
<p>The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, overturned a 13,000 Labour majority to win the Gorton and Denton seat</p><p>Keir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or see a leadership challenge within months after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer">the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in Gorton and Denton</a>.</p><p>Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, became the party’s fifth MP on Friday. Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin was second, just ahead of the Labour candidate, Angeliki Stogia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss">Continue reading...</a>
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