{"id":6800,"date":"2026-02-27T20:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:33:58","slug":"gorton-and-denton-by-election-result-proves-polanski-surge-is-real-and-the-greens-are-a-serious-threat-to-labour-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=6800","title":{"rendered":"Gorton and Denton by-election result proves Polanski surge is real and the Greens are a serious threat to Labour | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this.<\/p>\n

There was a sea of empty chairs and but a smattering of supporters in a huge, near-deserted room.<\/p>\n

Seasoned operators – be it Nigel Farage, Sir Keir Starmer or Ed Davey – would have had the placards lifted and the activists cheering, but Polanski and his new MP, Hannah Spencer, enjoyed just a smattering of applause as they took to the stage.<\/p>\n

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But, make no mistake, if the celebration was muted in the moment, the implications of the result are absolutely mega.<\/p>\n

The Green Party went from third in this seat at the 2024 General Election to winning by 4,400 votes over Reform UK, and overturning Labour’s 13,000 majority with a whopping 26 percentage point swing.<\/p>\n

It was only the 18th time in 100 years that a party had come from third to take a seat, and the Greens clocked up 40% of the vote.<\/p>\n

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It was a stunning victory that proved the Polanski surge is real and that the Greens are a serious threat to Labour’s left flank.<\/p>\n

Starmer ran a campaign claiming that only Labour could beat Reform. This by-election proved that wrong.<\/p>\n

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