Overview
- Your Party said it will not field a candidate and will instead mobilise locally to help defeat Reform UK.
- Labour has selected Manchester councillor Angeliki Stogia after Andy Burnham was blocked from seeking the nomination.
- The February 26 by-election was triggered by former Labour minister Andrew Gwynne stepping down citing health reasons.
- Reform UK has chosen broadcaster Matt Goodwin, with the Greens’ Hannah Spencer, the Conservatives’ Charlotte Cadden and the Liberal Democrats’ Jackie Pearcey also standing.
- An early, small-sample poll suggests a tighter race, as Labour’s Lucy Powell tells colleagues it is a straight fight with Reform and accuses Reform of talking up the Greens.