By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-10-08 07:02:05 | Updated at 2026-10-08 07:45:48
1 hour ago
Polls have opened to replace former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The North London constituency has been held by Labour since its formation in 1983.
The Labour party is being represented by Sagal Abdi-Wali, the current Camden Council leader.
But Labour's streak is being challenged by Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who hopes to secure his own seat in the House of Commons. He currently sits in the London Assembly.
There are 13 other candidates in the by-election, including the Conservatives' Ewan Cameron, Reform UK’s Peter Newman and the Liberal Democrats’ Patrick Thomas Stillman.
Also running is George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain, despite living overseas in what he describes as "self-exile".
Sir Keir won the Holborn and St Pancras seat in 2024 with 48.9 per cent of the vote (18,884 votes), with independent Andrew Feinstein as runner up on 18.9 per cent (7,312 votes) and the Greens in third with 10.4 per cent of the vote (4,030 votes).
FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY…
IN FULL: Candidates standing for election in Holborn and St Pancras
- Sagal Abdi-Wali - Labour
- Barmy Brunch - Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Ewan Cameron - Conservatives
- Tom Darwood - Independent
- Clare Fischer - Climate Party
- George Galloway - Workers Party
- Tyler Johnson - Restore Britain
- Briony Kapoor - Rejoin EU Party
- Pete Newman - Reform UK
- Ketankumar Pipaliya - UK VOICE safer and stronger UK
- Zack Polanski - Green Party
- Jonathan Silberman - Communist League
- Helen Spiby-Vann - Christian Peoples Alliance
- Patrick Stillman - Liberal Democrats
- Ben Walker - UK Independence Party (UKIP)
