Labour MPs demand Starmer change course after humiliating byelection loss
The Guardian World
by Peter Walker, Josh Halliday, Jessica Elgot and Kiran StaceyFebruary 27, 2026
Scale of defeat to Greens has plunged party into fresh despair and again raised prospect of leadership challenge
Keir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or risk a leadership challenge within months after the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in Gorton and Denton.
Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, became the party’s fifth MP on Friday. Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin was second, just ahead of the Labour candidate, Angeliki Stogia.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/27/2026