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    By-election result · Thursday, 8 October 2026

    Holborn & St Pancras by-election: Labour hold as Polanski's Greens surge to 32.8%

    Holborn and St Pancras (constituency)

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    Labour held Keir Starmer's former seat on 8 October 2026 with 45.2%. Green leader Zack Polanski came second on 32.8%, up 22.4 points on the Greens' 2024 share, and Labour's majority fell from 30.0 to 12.4 points.

    Result

    • Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour)Won12,292 votes · 45.2%
    • Zack Polanski (Green)8,928 votes · 32.8%
    • Ewan Cameron (Conservative)1,922 votes · 7.1%
    • Peter Newman (Reform UK)1,612 votes · 5.9%
    • Patrick Thomas Stillman (Liberal Democrats)924 votes · 3.4%
    • Tyler Kurtis Johnson (Restore Britain)692 votes · 2.5%
    • George Galloway (Workers Party)314 votes · 1.2%
    • Briony Anne Lonbay Kapoor (Rejoin EU)236 votes · 0.9%
    • Barmy Brunch (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)87 votes · 0.3%
    • Helen Spiby-Vann (Christian Peoples Alliance)63 votes · 0.2%
    • Clare Fischer (Climate Party)51 votes · 0.2%
    • Ben Walker (UK Independence Party (UKIP))51 votes · 0.2%
    • Ketankumar Pipaliya (UK Voice)23 votes · 0.1%
    • Jonathan Silberman (Communist League Election Campaign)9 votes · 0.0%
    • Tom Darwood (Independent)7 votes · 0.0%

    Turnout: 38.8%.

    Previous result (2024-07-04)

    • Keir Starmer (Labour)Won18,884 votes · 48.9%
    • Andrew Feinstein (Independent)7,312 votes · 18.9%
    • David Stansell (Green)4,030 votes · 10.4%
    • Mehreen Malik (Conservative)2,776 votes · 7.2%
    • David Roberts (Reform UK)2,371 votes · 6.1%
    • Charlie Clinton (Liberal Democrats)2,236 votes · 5.8%
    • Wais Islam (Independent)636 votes · 1.6%
    • Nick the Incredible Flying Brick (Official Monster Raving Loony Party)162 votes · 0.4%
    • John Poynton (UK Independence Party (UKIP))75 votes · 0.2%
    • Tom Scripps (Socialist Equality Party)61 votes · 0.2%
    • Senthil Kumar (Independent)40 votes · 0.1%
    • Bobby Smith (Independent)19 votes · 0.0%

    Sources: Official declaration via Democracy Club; 2024 general election result.

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    Labour have held Holborn and St Pancras, Keir Starmer's old seat. In the by-election on the 8th of October, Sagal Abdi-Wali won with 45.2 percent. Green leader Zack Polanski came second on 32.8, up more than 22 points on the Greens' 2024 result. Labour's majority fell from 30 points to 12.4. Turnout dropped from 54 percent to 38.8. Every result is on Psephology.AI.

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