Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras byelection; Polanski ‘absolutely’ intends to remain Greens leader – UK politics live

Sagal Abdi-Wali defeats Green party leader Zack Polanski to retain the Holborn and St Pancras seat for LabourLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectionActivists in Camden have suggested the Greens’ decision to back the anti-Zionism motion has cost them votes in the byelection.Councillors for both Labour the Liberal Democrats told the Press Association that voters had informed them they would not be backing the Green party after it passed the motion last weekend calling Zionism racism.It is clear now we will come a close second in this by-election. Taking the fight to Labour in one