Labour holds Starmer's old seat in Holborn by-election

Labour holds Starmer's old seat in Holborn by-election

Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election with 45% of the vote, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski who finished second. The result in former prime minister Keir Starmer's north London seat was seen as a key test of Andy Burnham's ability to hold Labour's progressive voters.

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