"Angeliki Stogia, a Manchester city councillor, was chosen to fight the seat after a hustings event and vote by local members. The byelection was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, over ill health. Gwynne remains under parliamentary standards investigation, after a scandal involving a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers that shared inflammatory comments about constituents, local party members and other MPs, which led to him being suspended by Labour."
"The Labour party has selected its candidate to fight the Gorton and Denton byelection. Labour is facing competition in the seat from both Reform, who have picked Matthew Goodwin, a former academic who is now a hard-right activist to be their candidate, and the Greens, who are vying for the anti-Reform vote, with Manchester plumber Hannah Spencer fighting to be MP."
Angeliki Stogia, a Manchester city councillor, was chosen as Labour candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election after a hustings event and a vote by local members. The by-election followed the resignation of former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne on grounds of ill health. Gwynne remains under parliamentary standards investigation after a scandal involving a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers that shared inflammatory comments about constituents, local party members and other MPs and led to his suspension by Labour. Labour faces challengers from Reform, which selected Matthew Goodwin, and the Greens, fielding Hannah Spencer.
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