Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
by Sammy Gecsoyler from World news | The Guardian on (#78Y7S)
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a high-stakes battle for the left of British politics.
The byelection, called after the former prime minister Keir Starmer resigned the seat in September, was considered a two-horse race between the Labour candidate, Sagal Abdi-Wali, and the Green party leader, Zack Polanski. Abdi-Wali recieved 12,292 votes to Polanski's 8,928.
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