{"id":401659,"date":"2026-02-01T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/401659\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T03:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:09:12","slug":"bolton-born-plumber-hannah-spencer-to-stand-as-mp-in-gorton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/401659\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton-born plumber Hannah Spencer to stand as MP in Gorton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Ms Spencer, whose job is a plumber and is training to be a plasterer, is currently a Green Party councillor for the Hale Ward in Trafford, Greater Manchester.\n<\/p>\n

\n Green\u2019s leader Zack Polanski, speaking as the candidate was announced for their campaign launch at the Pakistani Community Centre in Longsight, Manchester, said: \u201cThe Houses of Parliament. Leaky roofs, crumbling walls. I think they need a plumber! And a plasterer! And we\u2019ve got someone who can do both!\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Hannah Spencer speaking after being announced as the Green Party’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, at Pakistani Community Centre in Manchester. (Image: James Speakman\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n

\n Ms Spencer, who was born in Bolton<\/a>, left school at 16 and whose mother is a nurse, was joined at the campaign rally by her four greyhounds, Forrest, Olive, Judy and Will.\n<\/p>\n

\n In a speech to activists, she said: \u201cI didn\u2019t go to university to study politics. I\u2019m a plumber here in Manchester. I fixed homes for a living. I spend my days in people\u2019s kitchens, in their bathrooms, and their front rooms.\n<\/p>\n

\n Green Party leader Zack Polanski with Asma Alam (left) announcing Hannah Spencer (centre) as the party’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, at Pakistani Community Centre in Manchester. (Image: James Speakman\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cSee them firsthand, how people are really coping. And what I\u2019ve seen, time and time again is people struggling. Now, everyone in this city region knows what it\u2019s like to struggle.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Ms Spencer said: \u201cMuslims don\u2019t keep me awake at night. I don\u2019t lose sleep over trans people trying to exist in peace. What keeps me up at night is child poverty.\n<\/p>\n

\n Hannah Spencer takes a selfie after being announced as the Green Party’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, at Pakistani Community Centre in Manchester. (Image: James Speakman\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI don\u2019t believe that solidarity ends on our streets. I don\u2019t believe it ends in our town or on the UK\u2019s borders.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Ms Spencer also told activists she would be \u201claser focused\u201d as an MP on ending, \u201cBritain\u2019s enabling of Israel\u2019s genocide.”\n<\/p>\n

\n She added: \u201cAnd Gorton and Denton will reject Reform. A party that loves Trump, that is backed by big finance and an extreme candidate who sees this place as just a rung on the radical right career.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAnd in the face of hatred, we will do what we always do. We will stick together and we will crack on, because this is Manchester and we do things differently here.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Angeliki Stogia<\/a> has been announced as Labour\u2019s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.\n<\/p>\n

\n It comes after the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was denied permission to stand for the party, prompting internal division within Labour.\n<\/p>\n

\n The by-election was prompted by the resignation of former MP Andrew Gwynne, who stood down citing health reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ms Spencer, whose job is a plumber and is training to be a plasterer, is currently a Green…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-401659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}