Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras

Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali won the by-election with twelve thousand two hundred ninety-two votes, forty-five percent, retaining the seat after Sir Keir Starmer's departure.

Greens surge but fall short

Green Party leader Zack Polanski came second with eight thousand nine hundred twenty-eight votes, thirty-three percent. A thirteen percent swing to the Greens was not enough for victory.

Labour's narrowest margin since 1983

Abdi-Wali's majority of three thousand three hundred sixty-four votes, or twelve point four percent, is Labour's lowest in the seat since it was created in nineteen eighty-three.

Abdi-Wali speaks on belonging

The incoming MP, who came to the UK as a child refugee from Somalia in the nineteen nineties, said in her victory speech: I hope they see themselves reflected in this place and know that…

“I hope they see themselves reflected in this place and know that their path too belongs here.”

Polanski vows to stay as Green leader

Despite the loss, Zack Polanski said he does not believe his candidacy was a mistake, calling it an opportunity to present Green Party values and talk about rent controls and the climate crisis.

“I think it has been an opportunity to present Green Party values, to talk about rent controls, tackling the climate crisis, nationalising Thames Water.”

Greens claim foundation for future

A Green Party spokesperson said the result is the party's second strongest by-election result by vote share after Hannah Spencer's February victory in Gorton and Denton, describing it as a foundation.