‘Our own people hate us’: reality check for Labour as 13,000 majority vanishes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/greens-gorton-denton-win-wake-up-call-labour-needed-to-hear
Very brief summary
Labour lost half their vote
Greens tripled theirs
Reform doubled theirs
Tories lost their deposit
Traditionally this is a solid Labour seat, in the top 10%, also traditionally in a By Election there is a protest vote but not normally like this.
Other factors
Seems about 40% Muslim and there is what is amusingly called Family Voting. Male Head of Household votes for the family.
Greens are a combination of Hyper Progressives and Fundamentalist Muslims. Their Policy Platform does not pass inspection but see above.
I assume at some point there will be an Islamist Party, at which point both Greens and Labour will lose that vote.