- Voting has finished in the St Holborn and St Pancras by-election, providing an initial test for Andy Burnham’s re-energised Labour Party.
- Local council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali hopes to retain the seat for Labour after the former prime minister announced his resignation as an MP last month.
- She faces a challenge from Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
- Mr Polanski has endured a difficult week, after his party passed a controversial motion at their Brighton conference claiming that "Zionism is racism".
- The vote allows Mr Burnham to show he can rebuild public trust in Labour, following a steep fall in poll ratings during Sir Keir’s time in No 10.
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