UK PM Andy Burnham’s Labour Party won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on Friday. Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali got 12,292 votes, beating Green Party leader Zack Polanski. This victory showed Labour still holds strong support in London, helping the prime minister fend off a tough challenge from the left-wing Greens.
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Andy Burnham's Labour Party won an election for the parliamentary seat vacated by former leader Keir Starmer on Friday, fending off a strong challenge from the left-wing Green Party in a boost for the British prime minister.
Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of the local council, won the by-election in the central London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras with 12,292 votes, compared with 8,928 for Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader and candidate.