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Burnage, in the Gorton and Denton constituency

England · Constituency

Gorton and Denton

Covers Burnage · Denton

Mikey from Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK / CC BY 2.0

Photograph shows Burnage, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Gorton and Denton.

Your member of parliament

Hannah Spencer

Green Party

Labour won Gorton and Denton at the 2024 general election with a majority of 13,413 votes, or 36.7 points. A swing of 18.4 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 605 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 45.

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How safe is this seat?

Very safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 36.7 points, which is larger than 605 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

by-election of 26 February 2026

The by-election

This seat has voted since the general election. Hannah Spencer was returned at the by-election of 26 February 2026.

Majority

4,402

12.0% of votes cast.

Turnout

47.5%

36,814 of 77,501 on the register.

Candidates

11

36,814 valid votes counted.

Official figure
by-election of 26 February 2026 result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hannah SpencerElectedGreen Party14,98040.7%
Matt GoodwinReform UK10,57828.7%
Angeliki StogiaLabour9,36425.4%
Charlotte Anne CaddenConservative7061.9%
Jackie PearceyLiberal Democrat6531.8%
Sir Oink A-LotOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party1590.4%
Nick BuckleyAdvance UK1540.4%
Joseph O'MeachairRejoin EU980.3%
Dan ClarkeLibertarian Party470.1%
Sebastian MooreSocial Democratic Party460.1%
Hugo WilsCommunist League Election Campaign290.1%

2024 general election

And at the general election

Majority

13,413

36.7% of votes cast.

Turnout

47.8%

-11.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

36,560 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Andrew GwynneElectedLabour18,55550.8%+17.1
Lee MoffittReform UK5,14214.1%-0.2
Amanda GardnerGreen Party4,81013.2%+6.8
Amir BurneyWorkers Party of Britain3,76610.3%+9.6
Ruth WelshConservative2,8887.9%-15.8
John ReidLiberal Democrat1,3993.8%-8.4

Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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