# Green Party leader Zack Polanski to contest by-election for Starmer’s former seat

https://mins.news/en/item/43488

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 09:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/green-party-leader-zack-polanski-to-stand-in-by-election-for-starmers-seat?traffic_source=rss

> UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election triggered by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation as the constituency’s MP. Polanski says he wants to represent local people and communities rather than corporations and big money.

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