Holborn and St Pancras
Westminster constituency in Camden, held by Keir Starmer from 2015 to 2026.
Polling day in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, for the seat Keir Starmer held until 2026, is Thursday 8 October 2026. Camden Council's Statement of Persons Nominated lists 15 candidates.
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Timeline for Holborn and St Pancras
Set its by-election poll for 8 October
UK Local Elections 2026: Holborn's by-election puts 15 on the ballotBackground
Holborn and St Pancras is a Westminster constituency in the London Borough of Camden, created in 1983. Since 2024 its wards have included Bloomsbury, Camden Square, Camden Town, Haverstock, Holborn and Covent Garden, Kentish Town, King's Cross, Regent's Park, and St Pancras and Somers Town.
Labour's Frank Dobson held the seat from 1983 until 2015, when Keir Starmer succeeded him. Starmer won it in 2024 with 48.9% of the vote and resigned as prime minister and Labour leader on 22 June 2026.
The by-election to replace him has 15 candidates on Camden Council's official list. They include Sagal Abdi-Wali for Labour, Ewan Cameron for the Conservatives, Patrick Stillman for the Liberal Democrats, Peter Newman for Reform UK, Tyler Kurtis Johnson for Restore Britain, the Green Party leader Zack Polanski and George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain.
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