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Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

The Guardian Politics · 11 September 2026 at 11:18

Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Leader says his party is underdog in race for Keir Starmer’s former seat but he is confident Labour can be beaten UK politics live – latest updates Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has been selected as its candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection on 8 October.

The seat became vacant this month when the former prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was leaving parliament .

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Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

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