Hannah Spencer

Hannah Kathrine Spencer (born 19 April 1991) is a British Green Party politician and tradesperson who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Gorton and Denton since the February 2026 by-election. She is the first Green Party member to win a parliamentary by-election, and the party's first MP in the north of England. Born in Greater Manchester, Spencer left school at 16 and completed a National Vocational Qualification to become a plumber around 2008. Later, she completed training to qualify as a gas engineer and a plasterer, and became known as "Hannah the Plumber". Spencer entered politics due to her opposition to greyhound racing. She was a councillor for Hale on Trafford Council from 2023 until her election to Parliament in 2026. She was the Green Party group leader on the council from 2025 until 2026. Spencer was the Green Party's candidate in the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election, where she came fifth. In 2026, Spencer was selected as the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton in the February by-election, following the resignation of the Labour Party incumbent, Andrew Gwynne. She won the by-election with 40.7% of the votes, a majority of 4,402. She campaigned for a £15 minimum wage; rent controls; lower energy bills; and free prescriptions, dentistry and eye care, and criticised Labour's handling of the Gaza war. Spencer took her seat in the House of Commons on 2 March, the week after the by-election. She was succeeded as Green Party group leader on Trafford Council by Geraldine Coggins on 5 March and did not contest her council seat of Hale in the May 2026 local election, which was then won by the Conservatives.