Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP
Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliamentNigel Farage has been accused of Donald Trump-style election denial by the Green party’s new MP for Gorton and Denton, after he claimed her Reform rival...
<p>Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliament</p><p>Nigel Farage has been accused of Donald Trump-style election denial by the Green party’s new MP for Gorton and Denton, after he claimed her Reform rival “came first” among British-born voters in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer">last week’s byelection.</a></p><p>Hannah Spencer, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/hannah-spencer-green-mp-gorton-and-denton-byelection-profile">a local plumber and councillor</a>, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England last week after winning 14,980 votes, more than 4,400 ahead of Reform’s candidate, who came second.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/02/nigel-farage-emulating-his-hero-trump-gorton-and-denton-byelection-hannah-spencer">Continue reading...</a>
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