Overview
- Hannah Spencer of the Green Party won with 14,980 votes (about 41%), ahead of Reform UK on 10,578 (29%) and Labour on 9,364 (25%).
- The constituency had been a Labour stronghold for decades, and the result hands the Greens their fifth sitting MP.
- Green gains were driven by outreach to young and Muslim voters, a focus on cost of living, and sharp criticism of Labour’s stance on the Israel–Gaza war.
- Labour’s selection of Angeliki Stogia after blocking Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s bid became a flashpoint inside the party.
- Reform UK’s second place highlights a fragmented party landscape before May’s local elections and compounds Labour’s troubles following the Mandelson–Epstein scandal.