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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

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Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will reassure Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for left of British politics

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Section: Politics
By: Sammy Gecsoyler, Peter Walker
Published: Oct 9, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC
Updated: Oct 9, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC

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Sagal Abdi-Wali won by 3,300 votes in the London seat of Holborn and St Pancras.

Al JazeeraQatarLabour fends off the Green party in closely watched UK by-election

Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali beats Green Party leader Zack Polanski to hold the north London seat.

Yahoo News CanadaLabour sees off Green challenge to win Holborn by-election

Sagal Abdi-Wali has retained the seat for Labour after former prime minister Keir Starmer stepped down as an MP.

Yahoo News SingaporeLabour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack Polanski

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Green

Additive primary color visible between cyan and yellow

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It has 295–350 different shades. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors.

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UK PM Burnham's Labour fends off left-wing Greens in LondonReutersUnited Kingdom2 days ago
Labour fends off the Green party in closely watched UK by-electionAl JazeeraQatar2 days ago
Labour sees off Green challenge to win Holborn by-electionYahoo News Canada2 days ago
Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack PolanskiYahoo News Singapore3 days ago
Polanski faces leadership crisis as Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-electionThe Jewish Chronicle2 days ago
UK PM Burnham's Labour fends off left-wing Greens in local electionDevdiscourse3 days ago
Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectioninkl3 days ago
Holborn and St Pancras: Labour see off Green challenge in LondonBBCUnited Kingdom2 days ago
Labour wins second London by-election amid 'Burnham bounce'AOL.co.ukUnited Kingdom2 days ago

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