Holborn and St Pancras by-election gets under way
Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali is the bookies’ favourite, while Green leader Zack Polanski seeks a breakthrough in a seat held by Labour since 1983.
- On Thursday, October 8, 2026, polls opened in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election as voters choose a successor to former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the north London constituency.
- Labour candidate Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali seeks to retain the seat, a party stronghold since 1983, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, "Today, hope can win."
- Green Party leader Zack Polanski competes to break Labour's dominance, though his campaign faced scrutiny after the party conference passed a motion asserting "Zionism is racism," which Polanski abstained from.
- Fifteen candidates are standing in the by-election, including Conservatives' Ewan Cameron and Liberal Democrats' Patrick Thomas Stillman, challenging the 48.9 per cent vote share Sir Keir won in 2024.
- Voting concludes at 10pm today, with results expected between 3am and 4am tomorrow, Friday, October 9, 2026, determining the constituency's new parliamentary representative.
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(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = The by-election for the House of Commons seat in the London Holborn and St. Pancras constituency, left vacant by the resignation of former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, began on the 8th (current...
Keir Starmer’s former parliamentary seat will become the stage for the first major election test for the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham. The voters of Holborn and St Pancras, in central London, are called to the polls to elect the successor of the former government chief in a by-election in which Labour faces the challenge of some Greens who aspire to demonstrate that their growth can be translated into new seats in Westminster. The vo…
Former Labour Prime Minister resigned from Parliament two months after being stricken by the head of government. Mid-term election is a first test for the new leader of the party and the executive, Andy Burnham
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