London (United Kingdom), 27 February (LaPresse/AP) – The Greens have won the parliamentary by-election in the Orton and Denton constituency in Greater Manchester. This is a major blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose Labour Party slipped to third place. Green candidate Hannah Spencer was declared the winner with 14,980 votes. Matthew Goodwin of the far-right Reform UK party received 10,578 votes. Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia received 9,364 votes. The result illustrates an increasingly fragmented British political landscape, dominated for decades by the Labour and Conservative parties. The Gorton and Denton constituency has elected Labour MPs for most of the last century, but Starmer's government has seen its popularity plummet since winning the election in July 2024. Labour's share of the vote has halved since the 2024 national election, when it easily won the area. Spencer won by an unexpectedly large margin, securing the Greens' fifth seat in the House of Commons. ‘To the people here in Gorton and Denton who feel left behind and isolated: I see you and I will fight for you,’ Spencer, a plumber and local councillor, said in her victory speech.