Green Leader Polanski’s Westminster gamble fails in Holborn and St Pancras
Por Isabel Loubser — POLITICOPolitics » POLITICO
Green Leader Polanski’s Westminster gamble fails in Holborn and St Pancras
Labour has held Keir Starmer’s old seat in first big electoral test for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali, left, and Green Party Leader Zack Polanski. | Photo-illustration by POLITICO / Source via Getty Images
October 9, 2026
4:08 am CET
LONDON — Zack Polanski’s bid for a Westminster seat ended in defeat Friday as Labour held Holborn and St Pancras in a by-election.
Labour took the central London House of Commons seat with 12,292 votes. Green Leader Polanski came in second with 8,928.
The vote was triggered after Keir Starmer stood down as an MP last month after being ousted as U.K. prime minister.
This developing story is being updated.
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