She's a Green and she is a plumber. What's not to like! 💚

Hannah Spencer won a special parliamentary election in England today a big boost for the Green party and a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose center-left Labour Party was relegated to third place.

The broader meaning of this result is hard to miss. The Conservative–Labour dominance that has defined British politics since the post‑war era looks increasingly fragile.

#GreenParty
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-by-election-hannah-spencer-britain-newest-green-mp-plumber-to-parliament/

@GeofCox Absolutely! I used to know what the Labour Party stood for - it was written on the back of my membership card. "To secure for the workers, by hand and by brain, the full fruits of their labours and the most equitable distribution thereof, based on the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." I don't think anyone in the #GreenParty would disagree with that basic idea. #GortonAndDenton

Amazing!!! So happy!!!! Well done everyone who leaflettted and worked tirelessly and pulled this off !!

Not even close!!!

So, so happy. To everyone not in the UK: this is HISTORIC

#UKPolitics #GreenParty #Byelections

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I'm struggling to remember the time when a newly elected #UKLabour MP would begin their acceptance speech saying things like we can't have a nice life because "we're working hard to line the pockets of billionaires".

I don't think I've ever heard a Labour politician say that and I've been listening since the seventies.

Well done #HannahSpencer, to all those #GreenParty activists and #ZackPolanski for giving people an alternative to the far right, thrashing the Tories, Conservative and Labour

I'm struggling to remember the time when a newly elected #UKLabour MP would begin their acceptance speech saying things like we can't have a nice life because "we're working hard to line the pockets of billionaires".

I don't think I've ever heard a Labour politician say that and I've been listening since the seventies.

Well done #HannahSpencer, to all those #GreenParty activists and #ZackPolanski for giving people an alternative to the far right, thrashing the Tories, Conservative and Labour

@GeofCox Absolutely! I used to know what the Labour Party stood for - it was written on the back of my membership card. "To secure for the workers, by hand and by brain, the full fruits of their labours and the most equitable distribution thereof, based on the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." I don't think anyone in the #GreenParty would disagree with that basic idea. #GortonAndDenton

The best start to a Friday… #GreenParty ‘s Hannah Spencer wins #GortonAndDenton byelection…and pushes #Labour who had had a comfortable majority there into third place.

“Rather than winning narrowly, the [Green party] won 40.7%, enough to put them as much as 12 points ahead of second placed #Reform. It represented as much as a 27.5 point increase on the party’s share in 2024.
Labour, who had not hitherto lost an election in the area since 1931, fell into third place.”

Professor Sir John Curtice

Hannah Spencer's speech.
Good speech.

One criticism: why is it called the Green party? What about the ecosystem and climate emergency? You have to use opportunities like this to level with people.

"Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life, holidays": Green's new Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer rails against life in modern Britain as she vows to do things differently - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/working-hard-used-you-house-33499412

#GortonAndDenton #overshoot #GreenParty #UKPol #climate

"It’s what should be a deafening warning shot to Labour that alienating your left flank while flirting with right-wing framing has consequences, and it’s a much needed reminder to Reform UK that shouting “Britain” at people at the top of your voice is not the same as representing them"

#GortonAndDenton #ReformUK #GreenParty #Labour #UKPolitics

Dispatch From South Africa: While I Ate Koeksisters, Britain Voted Green
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/dispatch-from-south-africa-while

"It’s what should be a deafening warning shot to Labour that alienating your left flank while flirting with right-wing framing has consequences, and it’s a much needed reminder to Reform UK that shouting “Britain” at people at the top of your voice is not the same as representing them"

#GortonAndDenton #ReformUK #GreenParty #Labour #UKPolitics

Dispatch From South Africa: While I Ate Koeksisters, Britain Voted Green
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/dispatch-from-south-africa-while

She's a Green and she is a plumber. What's not to like! 💚

Hannah Spencer won a special parliamentary election in England today a big boost for the Green party and a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose center-left Labour Party was relegated to third place.

The broader meaning of this result is hard to miss. The Conservative–Labour dominance that has defined British politics since the post‑war era looks increasingly fragile.

#GreenParty
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-by-election-hannah-spencer-britain-newest-green-mp-plumber-to-parliament/

RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116137584386870515

Labour hates the Left more than it hates Fascism 🤷‍♂️

#Labour #ReformUK #EpsteinClass #Greens #GPEW #GreenParty #GortonAndDenton

The best start to a Friday… #GreenParty ‘s Hannah Spencer wins #GortonAndDenton byelection…and pushes #Labour who had had a comfortable majority there into third place.

“Rather than winning narrowly, the [Green party] won 40.7%, enough to put them as much as 12 points ahead of second placed #Reform. It represented as much as a 27.5 point increase on the party’s share in 2024.
Labour, who had not hitherto lost an election in the area since 1931, fell into third place.”

Professor Sir John Curtice

RE: https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116139400797198403

The Guardian, too. Make no mistake: this is the Establishment kicking in, seeding seeds of doubt.
It is disgusting. This is what the Guardian is. Taking same line as Nigel Farage. I still subscribe, I really should not. #UKPolitics #GreenParty #TheGuardian

Amazing!!! So happy!!!! Well done everyone who leaflettted and worked tirelessly and pulled this off !!

Not even close!!!

So, so happy. To everyone not in the UK: this is HISTORIC

#UKPolitics #GreenParty #Byelections

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other