{"id":312073,"date":"2026-02-26T23:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:57:11","slug":"chris-mason-drama-has-swirled-ahead-of-gorton-and-denton-by-election-test-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312073\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Mason: Drama has swirled ahead of Gorton and Denton by-election test &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1DLUNZWnhwQXVYdER2a200dW1YSWlLU2dHRk41UW9YZklNbzNqSGF1Um42YnRCRkpNeFg0LVl1WGJWLVVLc3JydWJvTDNsamNYMzFxdkZ1VzY3dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Mason: Drama has swirled ahead of Gorton and Denton by-election test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiV0FVX3lxTE5od2lidlJ4bkdZYnpOMnhqeV9yLVNROUh5M3pLbFhuSVcwcXRaSEV4b252dWg5YzQ5N2FWdkdlZHpfWHpRa3hSUFVRbUd2VFFaQ3dDNnlsaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polls close in Gorton and Denton by-election and vote counting begins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOMHRjYzhaaHdXODhVcGwxUngtMDh1QmYtbERLWWdaYkZLZUw5OGxSRjc1am12TUhIb1VQdURlbGFONFBJaGl0WGppR0xid0tZMjJIcUNYT1FSR3FGLUEwdlgzVi1iOEUyeXAzWmVsOFExaEVnVHNkVjF6RTNQN1gwUGJJbWlsak9leVRIelZ3NFhlb21jUjNSVEVhUGZfcHJoeXBKdHNvaS04VlJETGRLQ001WS11UU1m?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It\u2019s a three-horse race! First Past the Post isn\u2019t fit for purpose in Gorton and Denton<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Electoral Reform Society<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxONnpVUmZxd1R4MGZoYkJ6Sk03SWhtZGY1bmdiMUZKbDZpREtGUW9RTTk3el9paW1OUDc0dTdDTXMxZnR6eVdsaWVnNUVOcDI5ZUh5aG8tdGFzbnBCd2FaOHN5aElQaUJ1Wjk3WHpYUVRhZHl6YVYzLW5pclNpTVVxaXppVHZVT1VDQXRraURWUklZLVJDbnBQSWdIa1g5ZmF6UFA5Y3pTYXV2RVU5anAzVlZJeWRISXRZaXhreDNrbUlhOV96Q29aZkZ1V0tMQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polls close in Gorton and Denton byelection after three-way battle between Greens, Labour and Reform<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBiSXRIeFVsRlQxVkJpWEtHVDh6dkF2Z201NHlJa0JIeWlxc3B3NzcxbUZ1Y3BmSEJqVWJrMlB5UnpqZTNrRXRxOFZRcTRhemtQUmdXR2RBbThvdzZJeW9ZVkxTRWp3aGFxckdTcEVUWE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starmer braced for high-stakes battle for Manchester seat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Mason: Drama has swirled ahead of Gorton and Denton by-election test&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCPolls close in Gorton and Denton by-election&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-312073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}