Keir Starmer faces a nightmare if he losing a crunch by-election on Thursday evening.

The Prime Minister could be plunged into crisis if Labour loses to the Greens or Reform in the Gorton and Denton race.

The three-horse was triggered by former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne standing down for health reasons.

An election observer group has raised concerns over "concerningly high levels of family voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Democracy Volunteers said they attended 22 of the 45 polling stations in the constituency, spending 30 to 45 minutes in each, and witnessed family voting in 15 of the 22 polling stations observed.

The group said they observed a sample of 545 individuals casting their vote and saw 32 cases of family voting in total, including nine cases in one polling station.

A result is not expected until at least 4am.

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