Polls open to replace Sir Keir Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras by-election

GB News ^ | October 8, 2026 | Susanna Siddell, Marcus Donaldson, Peter Stevens, Georgia Pearce

[MinorityRepublican]

Polls have opened to replace Sir Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election at 7am this morning.

The north London constituency has been safely held by Labour since it was created back in 1983.

Sagal Abdi-Wali, the current Camden Council leader, is gunning to replace the former Prime Minister as the party's MP in the crunch mid-term contest.

But Labour's long-lasting streak is being challenged by Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who hopes to secure his own seat in the House of Commons.

There are 13 other candidates in the by-election, including the Conservatives' Ewan Cameron, Reform UK’s Peter Newman and the Liberal Democrats’ Patrick Thomas Stillman.

Also running is George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain - despite living overseas in what he describes as "self-exile".

Back in 2024, Sir Keir won the Holborn and St Pancras seat with 48.9 per cent of the vote (18,884 votes), with independent Andrew Feinstein as runner-up on 18.9 per cent (7,312 votes).

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: ewancameron; georgegalloway; patricktstillman; peternewman; saintpancreas; twotierkeir; unitedkingdom

[dfwgator]

I voted for Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel of The Silly Party

[MinorityRepublican]

🚨BREAKING: The Labour Party has won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election

🌹 LAB: 12,292
🌍 GRN: 8,928
🌳 CON: 1,922
➡️ REF: 1,612
🔶 LDM: 924
🦁 RES: 692

[Labour HOLD]— GB Politics (@GBPolitcs) October 9, 2026

[mewzilla]

Allegedly turnout was 38%...

Uh huh.

[CletusVanDamme]

I thought Biscuit Barrel got naught?

[CletusVanDamme]

I thought Biscuit Barrel got naught?

[CletusVanDamme]

I thought Biscuit Barrel got naught?

[wrcase]

Labor’s on crowing about winning an election that has all the suspense and drama of a municipal election in Berkeley. The district is a toxic mix of migrants and AWFLs that now is represented by a Somali migrant. Can the Learing Centers be far behind?