Sagal Abdi-Wali has been elected Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras after winning the constituency’s by-election.

The result, declared overnight following polling on 8 October, gave Abdi-Wali 12,292 votes. Zack Polanski, standing for the Green Party, received 8,928.
That put Labour’s winning margin at 3,364 votes in the north London constituency. Turnout was 38.76 per cent.
Conservative candidate Ewan Cameron finished third with 1,922 votes. Reform UK’s Peter Newman received 1,612 and Liberal Democrat Patrick Stillman 924.
Fifteen candidates contested the seat. The count recorded 108 rejected ballot papers.
The declaration confirms a Labour hold, with Abdi-Wali becoming the constituency’s newly elected representative.