A crunch by-election which could decide the future of Keir Starmer will go “down to the wire”, senior Labour figures have admitted as the party faces the prospect of defeat to either the Greens or Reform UK. But the bookies have made the Green Party odds-on favourites to win, with Reform just behind them in a nail-biting three-way struggle. Advertisement“A vote for the Green Party is, in effect, a vote for Reform. via Associated PressLabour deputy leader Lucy Powell told HuffPost UK that both the Greens and Reform have under-estimated the resilience of Labour’s support. Only a vote for Reform is a vote to put the people of Gorton and Denton where they belong – first.”

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2026 10:24 UTC