Gorton & Denton By Election

The co leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, visited Gorton and Denton to lead a rally backing the party’s campaign in the upcoming by-election.

Reform UK’s candidate for the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election has criticised the growth of houses of multiple occupancy, rising crime and the decline of town centres.

Reform UK has confirmed that political commentator and academic Matt Goodwin will stand for the party in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by election.

Five Greater Manchester councillors have been long-listed to be Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands.

The leader of Bury Council, Eamonn O’Brien, has applied to be selected as the Labour candidate for the Gorton and Denton parliamentary constituency, it's understood.

Labour’s decision to prevent Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election could have serious national consequences, according to a leading political academic.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he is disappointed by Labour’s decision to block him from standing in the Gorton and Denton by election and has questioned how the party is being run.

The Labour Party's ruling national executive committee (NEC) has blocked Andy Burnham from running in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has announced he is seeking to return to Westminster, confirming he has asked Labour’s ruling body for permission to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

Andrew Gwynne is reportedly set to resign as the MP for Gorton and Denton nearly a year after the ‘Trigger Me Timbers’ WhatsApp scandal broke.