ANGELIKI Stogia has been announced as Labour’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
The latest candidate to be announced has been a Manchester City Councillor since 2012, and is currently a Labour Councillor for Whalley Range ward.
The Manchester city councillor for Whalley Range was revealed as the party’s candidate
The Manchester city councillor for Whalley Range was revealed as the party’s candidate for the seat on Saturday afternoon.
It comes after the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was denied permission to stand for the party.
The snap Gorton and Denton by-election was called for February 26 after Andrew Gwynne quit as an MP on health grounds.
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Voters here will help answer whether poll-topping insurgency is spluttering and stalling.
It may prove the breakthrough moment when the challenges Labour as the default party of the Left.
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The final two contenders to represent Labour in the February 26 poll were thought to be Bury council leader Eamonn O’Brien and Angeliki Stogia, a Manchester City councillor for Whalley Range, the Manchester Evening News reported.
Reform UK has chosen GB News presenter and former academic Matt Goodwin to contest the seat for them while councillor and plumber Hannah Spencer will run for the Greens and the Liberal Democrats have named local campaigner Jackie Pearcey.
The by-election was prompted by the resignation of former MP Andrew Gwynne, who stood down citing health reasons.
He won the seat for Labour with more than half the vote – 18,555 – in 2024 while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK came second on 5,142 votes, narrowly beating the Greens with 4,810.
The race is likely to be closely fought by all three parties although Sir Keir Starmer has insisted it is a “straight fight” between Mr Farage’s party and his own.
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