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UK PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION · 26 FEBRUARY 2026
Gorton & Denton by-election result
Hannah Spencer · Green gain from Labour
Winning vote share40.7%
Green finished 12.0 points ahead of Reform UK, on 47.5% turnout.
Who won?
Hannah Spencer won for Green. The majority was 4,402 votes.
Did the seat change hands?
Yes. Green gained the seat from Labour.
Was it a surprise?
Major surprise. The Greens gained a long-held Labour seat with a 27-point rise while Labour fell from first to third.
WHAT IT TELLS US
Read the local result in context
Labour can be squeezed from both directions in the same seat. The Greens consolidated progressive voters while Reform took much of the anti-establishment vote.
A by-election changes one MP. Turnout, candidates and local circumstances can differ sharply from a general election, so this result is not a national voting-intention poll.
SOURCE
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Result figures come from UK Parliament or the relevant returning officer. Expected-versus-surprise labels and trend notes are Road to 326 editorial judgements, based on the previous result, vote-share movement and the circumstances of each contest; they are not probabilities or official classifications.