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A retired police officer, a GB News presenter and a plumber: Who is running in the Gorton and Denton by-election?

As voters prepare to cast their ballots on Thursday, The Independent looks at who the options are

The Independent UK

Labour calls on Reform’s Matt Goodwin to reject aides’ ‘racist content’

Members of Gorton byelection candidate’s team reported to have expressed support for far-right groups

The Guardian - UK

Reform by-election candidate said it was ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’

Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

The Independent UK

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‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments

Byelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check

The Guardian - UK

Zack Polanski says Labour Party is ‘over’ after taking ‘votes for granted’

The comments come ahead of the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election with the Greens and Reform UK looking to take the seat from Labour

Evening Standard

Matt Goodwin’s ‘English ethnicity’ rhetoric: it’s important to ask why politicians want to sort people into categories

For Reform parliamentary candidate and former academic Matt Goodwin: “Englishness is an ethnicity that is deeply rooted in a people that can trace their roots back over generations.” By contrast, he argues, liberal progressives believe “anybody can be English as long as they sign a piece of paper and identify…

The Conversation

Reform by-election candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’

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‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton

Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s deputy warns Mandelson scandal will impact crucial by-election

Lucy Powell tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election represents ‘a line in the sand’, as MPs fear it has become a referendum on Starmer in the wake of the Mandelson scandal

The Independent UK

Reform’s by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have children should pay more tax

Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned

The Independent UK

Farage targets by-election with second constituency visit in a week

Mr Farage opened the campaign offices for Reform UK in Denton, alongside his party’s candidate Matt Goodwin.

Evening Standard

Zack Polanski challenges Nigel Farage to showdown debate as Greens get early boost in Gorton by-election

But Labour accused the Green leader of ‘chickening out’ of being his party’s contender in the crunch by-election

Evening Standard

In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle

The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Starmer criticises Tommy Robinson endorsement of Reform UK by-election candidate

The Prime Minister was also asked if the Gorton and Denton poll should be viewed as a referendum on his premiership.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Starmer attacks ‘poisonous division’ of Reform after Tommy Robinson endorsement

The endorsement ‘tells you everything’ about Reform’s approach to by-election, says PM

Evening Standard

Labour urges Reform by-election candidate to reject Tommy Robinson’s backing

Labour Party chair Anna Turley wrote to Matt Goodwin urging him to make clear whether he will welcome the activist’s backing.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate

Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism

The Independent UK

Labour MPs ‘reluctant to campaign in by-election’ as Reform and Greens threaten to snatch seat

‘We would have won with Andy Burnham, but I know activists from my constituency don’t exactly feel inspired to go and campaign there now,’ says one Labour MP

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Evening Standard

Greens unveil Gorton and Denton candidate with ‘stop Reform’ message

Councillor Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, was announced as the Green candidate.

The Independent UK

Labour warns Reform by-election candidate ‘represents extreme politics’ as he’s endorsed by Tommy Robinson

The far-right activist endorsed Goodwin despite Reform UK saying he ‘isn’t welcome in the party’

Evening Standard

Farage hits campaign trail in by-election

Voters will go to the polls next month in Gorton and Denton.

The Guardian - UK

Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them

The former academic’s candidacy in the Gorton and Denton byelection shows the hard right has evolved. To stop it the left must change too, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Evening Standard

'I'm not dead yet', says Angela Rayner as 80 Labour MPs 'back her in leadership contest'

Former deputy prime minister says Labour’s leadership needs to ‘do better’

The Independent UK

Labour launches attack on Greens as pollster tips Polanski’s party to win crucial Gorton and Denton by-election

Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election is ‘Greens vs Reform’

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s Matt Goodwin is sure he’s the right man for Gorton and Denton. He just doesn’t know why…

Introduced by an unsupervised Lee Anderson, the byelection candidate was out of his depth immediately

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