Labour retains Starmer’s Holborn seat defeating Green leader Zack Polanski

WorldPolitics
9 Oct 2026 • 10:26 AM MYT
The Independent
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Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali has retained the Holborn and St Pancras seat for Labour in a by-election called after former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer stepped down, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski.

Ms Abdi-Wali won with 12,292 votes or 45%, with Mr Polanski in second with 8,928 or 33%.

The Conservative candidate came in third, followed by Reform and the Lib Dems.

The Greens had conceded earlier, but a spokesperson said that “taking the fight to Labour in one of its safest seats shows just how far the Greens have come”.

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