dailymail.co.uk · Feb 27, 2026 · Collected from GDELT
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By-election result shows split in leftwing vote which could be replicated at May local elections
Published: 20260227T063000Z
Published: 20260227T060000Z
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party ‌politics. The loss of one of Labour’s safest seats, in the biggest electoral test in almost a year, puts further pressure on Starmer to prove that he should keep his job following weeks of political turmoil and calls for him to resign. The left-wing Green Party’s...
Two insurgent parties with a tiny number of MPs between them have shunted Britain's governing party into a humiliating defeat.
