# Labour fends off Greens in closely watched UK by-election

https://mins.news/en/item/93028

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-09 10:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/9/labour-fends-off-the-green-party-in-closely-watched-uk-by-election?traffic_source=rss

> Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary seat in London with 12,292 votes, ahead of Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who received 8,928. Polanski conceded defeat but said he would remain party leader.

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