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  "path": "/uk/analysis/2026/02/20/gorton-and-denton-polling/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T11:23:30.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
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  "textContent": "The vote for the crucial Gorton and Denton by-election will take place on Thursday 26 February. Sources have informed the Canary that internal polling shows the by-election is on a knife edge between the Greens and Reform UK – with Reform just ahead. The by-election has inevitably become a battleground for whether the country will […]\n\nBy Alex/Rose Cocker",
  "title": "Internal polling shows Gorton and Denton is excruciatingly close-run"
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