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In Pictures: Greens' historic win at by-election

News imageEPA Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks to Green Party MP Hannah Spencer who smiles as photographers take pictures around them. A party worker stands in the background.EPA
Green Party leader Zack Polanski celebrates with Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer

The dramatic Gorton and Denton by-election was seen as a pivotal test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership.

Labour has not lost in this area of Manchester since 1931 and the Greens significantly outperformed the party of government to win the contest.

The election was held after previous incumbent Andrew Gwynne resigned on health grounds.

It was controversial one for Labour, after its ruling body blocked Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from standing as its candidate.

News imageReuters Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer looks serious as she stands next to Labour Party candidate Angeliki Stogia, who smiles, on stage before results are announced.Reuters
Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia (right) took third place in the contest. The seat had been won by Labour at the 2024 general election
News imageReuters Conservative Party candidate Charlotte Cadden and Reform UK party candidate Matt Goodwin stand on stage as Manchester City Council's Chief Executive Tom Stannard reveals the resultsReuters
Reform UK party candidate Matt Goodwin came second with 10,578 votes, while Conservative candidate Charlotte Cadden took fourth place with 706 votes
News imageEPA Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia and Labour Party Deputy Leader Lucy Powell smile and walk alongside a male party worker as the enter the hall where results were declared. They all wear dark suits with red party rosettes.EPA
Angeliki Stogia was joined by Labour Party deputy leader and Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell at the results
News imageEPA Green Party winning candidate Hannah Spencer addresses supporters during an election after-event after the vote count. They are in an old theatre with people standing in front of the stage and in the tiered seats areaEPA
Hannah Spencer is the first ever Green candidate to win a parliamentary by-election
News imageReuters All party candidates line up behind the council executive at the lectern as they all applaud members of the crowd and workersReuters
The by-election was considered a pivotal test for Keir Starmer's leadership
News imageEPA Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer smiles as a photographer takes image and others crowd aroundEPA
Hannah Spencer, who was working as a plumber, apologised to customers for cancelling future jobs as she heads to Westminster

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