Ewan Cameron
Former Camden councillor and Conservative candidate in the 2026 Holborn by-election.
Ewan Cameron finished third for the Conservatives in Holborn and St Pancras on 8 October 2026, after the former Camden councillor was selected for the by-election.
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Ewan Cameron is a Conservative politician, former Camden councillor and longstanding local campaigner. He has lived in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency for more than two decades and raised his family there. His council work included service as vice-chair of licensing, while his local campaigns covered housing, regeneration and community safety.
The local Conservative association selected Cameron for the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary by-election held on 8 October 2026. He finished third, behind Labour and The Greens but ahead of Reform UK. The result added a parliamentary candidacy to his earlier record in Camden local government.
Cameron finishes a distant third
On 8 October 2026, Cameron received 1,922 votes in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and finished third. The former Camden councillor placed behind Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali and Green Party leader Zack Polanski, while the Conservatives narrowly stayed ahead of Reform UK.
For Cameron, the 8 October result marked a return to electoral politics as the local Conservative association's chosen parliamentary candidate. His third-place finish left him far behind the two leading candidates, with Labour on 45.2 per cent and the Greens on 32.8 per cent.
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