Hannah Spencer.

A Green MP who won her seat in a February 2026 by-election — overturning a safe Labour majority in Gorton and Denton — Hannah Spencer has spent her first months in Parliament voting consistently on climate legislation. On 24 June she backed all three statutory instruments tightening the UK's carbon framework: bringing international aviation and shipping within legally binding carbon budgets, setting a limit on carbon credit use, and approving the Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026. She has no rebel votes on record and votes with the Green Party on every division where party alignment can be measured.

At 80% voting participation — broadly in line with Commons averages — Spencer is active without being exceptional. Her voting record skews sharply against the government: she aligns with the government agenda only 17% of the time, well below her party's already-low 39%. She shows stronger-than-average fiscal caution compared to Green colleagues (75% vs 39% on fiscal-responsibility votes) and is notably more aligned with victims-rights measures. Her 17 speech contributions span energy, defence, economy and cost-of-living, with local government also featuring — consistent with a new MP establishing broad parliamentary presence rather than a narrow specialism. She sits on no select committees.

Spencer's election drew significant national coverage, with outlets profiling her as a working-class candidate — a plumber and plasterer — whose ground campaign channelled constituent anger at Labour. That profile has coloured her early positioning: low alignment with the government, consistent climate voting, and visible local engagement. The high-impact coverage is concentrated around her March by-election win; more recent local news (economy, crime, transport) carries neutral sentiment scores, suggesting her profile in the constituency press has settled since the initial surge.