Keir Starmer has expressed his disappointment after losing the Gorton and Denton byelection to the Green party. Speaking to broadcasters, the prime minister said: ‘It’s a very disappointing result. Incumbent governments quite often get results like that mid-term but I do understand that voters are frustrated. They’re impatient for change.’ The Greens pulled off a landmark victory when Hannah Spencer, a plumber and councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority
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