This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer

"I didn't grow up planning to be a politician. I'm a tradesperson from Manchester. I left school at 16 and have been a plumber ever since. Last week, I also qualified as a plasterer, with a distinction. So until now, I've spent my working life fixing homes. But after years of watching things fall apart, I'm done waiting for someone else to change things. It's time to turn my hand to fixing whole communities and join our Green MPs determined to repair our broken politics."

"Gorton and Denton deserves an MP rooted in this community someone who works here, understands this place and genuinely cares. After thousands of doorstep conversations, it's clear people are done with Labour. This byelection is now a straight fight between the Green party and Reform UK. Labour knows it, and Reform's candidate, Matthew Goodwin, knows it too. We've already debated three times. When Goodwin wanted another headtohead, I declined."

"Tackling the climate crisis and making people's homes more comfortable isn't stupid, as Reform likes to claim it's common sense, especially here. One in three households in Gorton and Denton live in fuel poverty. Insulating homes would keep people warm in winter, cool in summer and slash bills. We've got some of the leakiest homes in Europe as I know full well from working on hundreds of them."

The candidate is a Manchester tradesperson who left school at 16, trained as a plumber and recently qualified as a plasterer with distinction. Years of repairing homes motivated a shift from fixing individual houses to repairing communities and politics. Gorton and Denton is presented as needing an MP rooted locally who understands neighbourhood pressures. Campaign priorities include lowering bills, addressing austerity and underinvestment, opposing NHS privatisation, and pursuing home insulation and net zero measures to cut fuel poverty. The candidate declined another TV-style head-to-head with Reform's Matthew Goodwin, preferring doorstep engagement and practical work on home heating and insulation.

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