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GuardianOct 9Preview

Parties prepare for byelection in Farage seat amid speculation over £5m gift inquiry

Tories said to be ready to fight in Clacton, with standards investigation rumoured to be nearing its endNigel Farage’s rivals are gearing up for a byelection in Clacton in the months ahead, amid speculation that the standards inquiry into his £5m gift is nearing a conclusion.Conservative sources said the party was ready to fight in Farage’s seat, although senior figures in the shadow cabinet are divided about whether it would be winnable, given Farage’s victory in a byelection over the summer. Continue reading...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editorNigel FarageReform UK

GuardianOct 9Preview

Labour byelection win shows party starting to win back voters on left

Party now polling 15 points above Greens, who had been ahead of Labour before Keir Starmer resigned as PMLabour is starting to win back voters on the left who became disillusioned under Keir Starmer’s leadership, the party’s deputy leader has claimed after it saw off Zack Polanski and the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection.Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of a relatively low turnout to keep Starmer’s old north London seat for the party, pushing Polanski, who had stood for the party he leads, into second place on 33%. Continue reading...

Sammy Gecsoyler and Peter WalkerHolborn and St Pancras byelectionLabour

GuardianOct 9Preview

Martin Rowson on Zack Polanski losing the Holborn and St Pancras byelection – cartoon

Martin RowsonHolborn and St Pancras byelectionGreen party

GuardianOct 9Preview

UK politics: Green MP Siân Berry says opponents of Zionism motion were ‘persuaded’ not to fight it because of byelection – as it happened

The MP says that passing the motion has done ‘genuine damage; to the party’s reputationReport: Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras byelectionAnalysis: defeat will disappoint Greens – but there may also be reliefActivists in Camden have suggested the Greens’ decision to back the anti-Zionism motion has cost them votes in the byelection.Councillors for both Labour the Liberal Democrats told the Press Association that voters had informed them they would not be backing the Green party after it passed the motion last weekend calling Zionism racism.It is clear now we will come a close second in this by-election. Taking the fight to Labour in one of its safest seats shows just how far the Greens have come.Voters want us to keep Labour’s feet to the fire on affordable housing, public ownership of water and the climate crisis. Greens will be there every single day, holding Labour to account and de

Tom Ambrose (now); Andrew Sparrow, Hamish Mackay and Adam Fulton (earlier)PoliticsUK news

GuardianOct 9Preview

Holborn and St Pancras byelection loss will disappoint Greens – but there may also be relief

It may sound odd to think Zack Polanski would be happy with second place, but after his most challenging week in politics, it could have been worseLabour’s Abdi-Wali fends off Polanski and GreensParliamentary byelections can generate all sorts of emotional responses, often very strong ones. But for the main contenders in Holborn and St Pancras, the feeling this morning might be more prosaic: relief.For Labour, Sagal Abdi-Wali’s victory with just over 45% of the total vote was widely expected, but it allows the party to credibly claim Andy Burnham as a politician able to reach people in both Reform-leaning areas such as Makerfield and in Green-friendly inner cities. Continue reading...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondentHolborn and St Pancras byelectionByelections

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