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👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 A huge win for the Greens and a massive loss for Labour and the government – Harriet thinks it’s a “bruising” defeat, so is Sir Keir Starmer now worried about the local elections in May? The Gorton and Denton by-election result on Friday was a shock for Labour, who Beth says were convinced they would hold on to this once safe seat for the party. The Greens now have a new MP in Hannah Spencer.Is this a sign of things to come in the May elections? Is…

Hannah Spencer is a plumber, a qualified plasterer, and the woman who has just become parliament’s newest MP in a historic series of firsts.The 34-year-old is the Green Party’s first northern MP – and its youngest. She is also the first person to win a parliamentary by-election for the Greens.And, she is the reason the wider Gorton and Denton area isn’t being represented by a Labour MP for the first time in almost a century. She told Sky News she knew a victory in the seat “was always possible” and that the win shows “there is an appetite here for…

Labour’s loss at the Gorton and Denton by-election has been “very painful and bruising” – but replacing Sir Keir Starmer “won’t solve the problem”, Baroness Harriet Harman has said.The former deputy Labour leader cautioned her party’s MPs from seeking to replace the prime minister following the loss – and insisted it “could be worse”. Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer won the by-election with 14,980 votes – a majority of 4,402 – in the early hours of Friday morning, pushing Labour into third place in an area they have not lost since 1931.By-election latest – follow live But speaking to the…

This is a parliamentary by-election result for the ages, one that sets the tone for its time.It is the first by-election gain by the Greens at the 87th time of asking. Only once before has the party polled above a tenth of the vote let alone gained a seat.Follow live – politics latest Image: The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election with party leader Zack Polanski. Pic: PA Hannah Spencer’s 40.7% share of the vote is 27.5 percentage points higher than the party polled at the last general election. She becomes only the 18th candidate…

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Rhun ap Iorwerth has said May’s Senedd election is now a “two-horse race” between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, declaring Labour is “over” in Wales.The party will gather in Newport this weekend for its spring conference, where the Plaid leader is expected to outline his priorities for the first 100 days of his government, should his party win power in May. Ahead of his speech on Friday, he is expected to say: “We offer hope, hope that can overcome people’s fears of other political forces leading Wales down a dark path.”Hope that things can improve in our health service, that our…

The first ever Green by-election win, their first ever MP in the north of England, all in the first electoral test for the relatively new Green leader Zack Polanski. This is his moment – and reasonably so. Not wanting to punch a bruise, but ironically there’s something of the Andy Burnham about the new Green MP Hannah Spencer – her lilt, her approach, the way she talks about her plumbing job, her roots in the community – all a style Labour would be jealous of. And Labour could have had it too, had Burnham not been blocked by Keir Starmer.By-election latest…

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Greens’ victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election is “very disappointing” – but he has vowed to fight on.Hannah Spencer has become the Green Party’s fifth MP in parliament, after beating Reform UK, who finished second, and Labour, who came third, to the seat. The Greens received 14,980 votes to claim a majority of more than 4,400 votes. Reform picked up 10,578 votes, while Labour received 9,364 votes.Follow live – politics latestIt is the Greens’ first-ever victory in a parliamentary by-election, and the first time the party has won a seat in the north…

Record numbers of illegal ‘family voting’ have taken place at the Gorton and Denton by-election, official observers have reported.Official election observer group Democracy Volunteers says it witnessed the highest amount of family voting in its 10-year history. They said they saw family voting in the majority (15 out of 22) of the polling stations they were at across the constituency, where there were 45 stations in total.Politics latest: Live coverage of by-election resultsWhat’s family voting? Family voting is where two voters either confer, collude or direct each other on voting, which is illegal under the 2023 Ballot Secrecy Act.Sky’s Anna…

Colorectal, or bowel, cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, making up 10% of cancer diagnoses.It most commonly affects people over the age of 50, but cases in younger people are increasing.Studies have found that in people with a genetic risk, such as Lynch syndrome, daily aspirin can cut their risk of colorectal cancer.However, a new review has found that, for the general population, daily aspirin appears to offer no protection against colorectal cancer, and may have other adverse effects.Colorectal, or bowel, cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022…