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Weekly report · 9–15 February 2026

Gorton & Denton becomes a Greens-versus-Labour fight over who can stop Reform, while Plaid out-advertises everyone

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Scoreboard

Who ran what this week

PartyAds running this weekTop ad reach (lifetime)Top ad spend (lifetime)Video share, top adsMain theme
Plaid Cymru~110500K-600K£700-£79920% videoA two-horse race with Reform in Wales
Labour Party~26>1M£3.5K-£4K60% videoOnly Labour can stop Reform, nationally and locally
Green Party of England and Wales~19200K-250K£4K-£4.5K60% videoHannah Spencer as "the only vote to stop Reform"
Conservative and Unionist Party~11250K-300K£2K-£2.5K80% videoRural tax attacks, then postal votes
Scottish National Party~2>1M£3K-£3.5K50% videoEnergy bills and education
Reform UK~1>1M£9K-£10K100% videoIntroducing Dan Thomas in Wales
Liberal Democrats0————
Plaid Cymru

A two-horse race with Reform in Wales

Ads this week~110
Top reach500K-600K
Top spend£700-£799
Video or graphic, top 10 ads2 video · 8 graphic
Plaid Cymru adGraphic
It's a two horse race in Wales. Division with Reform or new leadership with Plaid Cymru. Dim ond Plaid Cymru all stopio Reform yng Nghymru. PLAID.CYMRU Vote Plaid Cymru PLAID.CYMRU PLAID.CYMRU
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 30 Mar 2026
Reach
500K-600K
Spend
£700-£799
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
It's a two horse race in Wales. Division with Reform or new leadership with Plaid Cymru. Dim ond Plaid Cymru all stopio Reform yng Nghymru. PLAID.CYMRU Vote Plaid Cymru PLAID.CYMRU PLAID.CYMRU
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 31 Mar 2026
Reach
350K-400K
Spend
£600-£699
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
Northern Powerhouse Rail = North of England, not North Wales! ANOTHER project labelled 'England-and-Wales' by Labour with no fair funding for our communities 😡 Only Plaid Cymru demands the billions we're owed and cont…
Ran
20 Jan 2026 - 30 Mar 2026
Reach
350K-400K
Spend
£500-£599
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
20 hours a week of free childcare: This is what a Plaid Cymru government will make a reality for parents of children between nine months and four years by 2031.
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 18 Apr 2026
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  • “It's time for new leadership for Wales. Mae'n amser am arweinyddiaeth newydd i Gymru.”
  • “ANOTHER English-only project labelled as 'England and Wales' by Labour 😡 £45 billion extra for English rail. N…”
  • “£45 biliwn ychwanegol i reilffyrdd Lloegr gan Lafur, dim byd ychwanegol i Gymru 😡 Llofnodwch ein deiseb heddiw…”
  • “20 hours a week of free childcare: This is what a Plaid Cymru government will make a reality for parents of ch…”
Method

The widest-reaching ads, started on 6 February, told voters "It's a two horse race in Wales. Division with Reform or new leadership with Plaid Cymru", in English and Welsh. Alongside them ran a pledge of "20 hours a week of free childcare" and attack ads on rail funding labelled "England and Wales" by Labour. Spend per ad was low (mostly £500–£800), so the volume comes from many small ads.

Labour Party

Only Labour can stop Reform, nationally and locally

Ads this week~26
Top reach>1M
Top spend£3.5K-£4K
Video or graphic, top 10 ads6 video · 4 graphic
The Labour Party adVideo
Don’t just take it from us. Chat with us
Ran
22 Jan 2026 - 24 Feb 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£3.5K-£4K
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The Labour Party adVideo
Nigel Farage doesn't want Labour to fix the NHS because he doesn't believe in the NHS. That's why he'll hate that in November, waiting lists fell by the second highest amount in 15 years.
Ran
22 Jan 2026 - 4 Mar 2026
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The Labour Party adGraphic
Labour is bringing down waiting lists, helping to end the 8am scramble by hiring more GPs and delivering 5,000,000 extra NHS appointments. Reform wants you to pay for your care. If you believe in an NHS that’s properl…
Ran
9 Dec 2025 - 24 Feb 2026
Reach
200K-250K
Spend
£2K-£2.5K
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  • “This year, Britain will turn a corner, thanks to the decisions this Labour government has taken.”
  • “Only Labour can stop the divisive politics of Reform”
  • “This by-election is a fight between Labour and Reform. The Greens can't win here.”
  • “Labour is delivering the biggest investment in homegrown clean power in Britain’s history - helping to create…”
Method

Long-running national ads continued: a cost-of-living video, an NHS waiting-lists image contrasting Labour with Reform ("Reform wants you to pay for your care"), and a video saying Farage "doesn't believe in the NHS". A new ad from 11 February, "Only Labour can stop the divisive politics of Reform", made the same anti-Reform pitch as the Greens.

Green Party of England and Wales

Hannah Spencer as "the only vote to stop Reform"

Ads this week~19
Top reach200K-250K
Top spend£4K-£4.5K
Video or graphic, top 10 ads6 video · 4 graphic
Green Party of England and Wales adVideo
Hannah Spencer is the only vote to stop Reform on the 26th February.
Ran
5 Feb 2026 - 9 Feb 2026
Reach
200K-250K
Spend
£4K-£4.5K
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Green Party of England and Wales adVideo
Meet Hannah Spencer. Green MP candidate - and the only vote to stop Reform.
Ran
13 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2026
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Green Party of England and Wales adGraphic
It's Greens or Reform in Gorton & Denton. Promoted by Miles Thorpe on behalf of Hannah Spencer and The Green Party of England and Wales, both at 2 Glenhurst Road, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1WX.
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 9 Feb 2026
Reach
150K-175K
Spend
£2.5K-£3K
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Green Party of England and Wales adVideo
It's Greens or Reform in Gorton and Denton.
Ran
7 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2026
Reach
150K-175K
Spend
£3K-£3.5K
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  • “Vote Green to stop Reform in Gorton and Denton.”
  • “Meet Hannah Spencer. Green MP candidate - and the only vote to stop Reform.”
  • “Voting Green is the only choice to stop Reform.”
  • “Only voting Green on Feb 26th can stop Reform.”
Method

Candidate-led ads for Hannah Spencer in Gorton & Denton, with lines such as "It's Greens or Reform" and "the only vote to stop Reform on the 26th February". New videos introducing her started on 13 February. Spend was relatively high for a single seat, up to £4K–£4.5K on one video.

Conservative and Unionist Party

Rural tax attacks, then postal votes

Ads this week~11
Top reach250K-300K
Top spend£2K-£2.5K
Video or graphic, top 10 ads8 video · 2 graphic
Conservatives adVideo
Keir Starmer’s tax hikes threaten local farms, post offices, pubs, and rural shops.
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 15 Feb 2026
Reach
250K-300K
Spend
£2K-£2.5K
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Conservatives adVideo
Join thousands of your neighbours signing up for postal vote. 👇 Learn More
Ran
13 Feb 2026 - 24 Feb 2026
Reach
250K-300K
Spend
£3K-£3.5K
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Conservatives adVideo
Labour’s Family Farm Tax will push up food prices, cost local jobs, and threaten food security.
Ran
6 Feb 2026 - 15 Feb 2026
Reach
200K-250K
Spend
£2K-£2.5K
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Conservatives adGraphic
Got 2 mins? Sign up for a postal vote and guarantee your vote this May 👇 Learn More
Ran
13 Feb 2026 - 24 Feb 2026
Reach
200K-250K
Spend
£1.5K-£2K
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  • “Labour’s Family Farm Tax puts British farming at risk.”
  • “Rural communities need a strong team with a credible plan to stand up to Labour.”
  • “Only the Conservatives have a credible plan to stand up for rural Britain.”
  • “Guarantee your vote this May. Sign up for a postal vote 👇 Learn More”
Method

Videos started on 6–7 February attacked "Labour's Family Farm Tax" and tax rises on "local farms, post offices, pubs, and rural shops". From 13 February the page switched to get-out-the-vote work, urging people to "sign up for a postal vote" ahead of May. Both sets spent £1.5K–£3.5K per ad.

Scottish National Party

Energy bills and education

Ads this week~2
Top reach>1M
Top spend£3K-£3.5K
Video or graphic, top 2 ads1 video · 1 graphic
Scottish National Party (SNP) adVideo
Scotland is energy rich, yet households pay some of the highest energy bills in Europe. HTTPS://WWW.SNP.ORG/ENERGY
Ran
9 Jan 2026 - 3 Mar 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£3K-£3.5K
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Scottish National Party (SNP) adGraphic
From early years to the classroom, we’re building a system that supports learning, eases pressure on parents, and gives every young person the chance to shine.
Ran
11 Jan 2026 - 3 Mar 2026
Reach
700K-800K
Spend
£900-£999
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Method

Two long-running ads from January continued: Scotland is "energy rich, yet households pay some of the highest energy bills in Europe", and an education ad on supporting learning and parents. No new ads started this week.

Reform UK

Introducing Dan Thomas in Wales

Ads this week~1
Top reach>1M
Top spend£9K-£10K
Video or graphic, top 1 ads1 video · 0 graphic
Reform UK adVideo
Dan Thomas is our new leader in Wales. This is his story. 👇
Ran
5 Feb 2026 - 12 Feb 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£9K-£10K
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Method

One video, "Dan Thomas is our new leader in Wales. This is his story", carried the page's spend for the week (£9K–£10K, over a million impressions). It was a single personal-introduction ad rather than a volume campaign.

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What changed

What this week tells us

  • The Conservatives' postal-vote ads started on 13 February, the first get-out-the-vote push for May in this batch.
  • The Greens and Labour both ran "only we can stop Reform" ads aimed at the same Gorton & Denton voters ahead of the 26 February by-election.
  • Reform's page ran just one ad, a far smaller presence than the other parties.