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How Labour lost one of their safest seats | Gorton and Denton | The New Statesman
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18:19Now PlayingLabour and Keir Starmer suffered a crushing defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
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The Green Party swept to victory, with Reform in second.
This was one of Labour's safest seats as recently as the general election in 2024. Now, the two insurgent parties on opposite ends of the political spectrum vied for supremacy.
The New Statesman's Megan Kenyon was there in Manchester the day after the election.
📚 READ: Inside the Greens' "seismic" win in Gorton and Denton - Megan Kenyon
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