The seismic Gorton and Denton by-election explained

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The seismic Gorton and Denton by-election explained

The Green Party has won a historic by-election victory, taking the seat of Gorton and Denton from Labour – previously one of their safest seats.

Sky’s deputy political editor Sam Coates takes us through the data, explaining how the Labour vote has been "cannibalised by the Greens", and why the result is so bad for the governing party.

He also examines if this is really a normal mid-term result for an incumbent government, as a cabinet minister has argued on Sky News.

Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-mandelson-starmer-labour-farage-badenoch-12593360

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Date: February 27, 2026