Fifteen candidates will contest the 8 October Holborn and St Pancras by-election after Keir Starmer said he would step down for a role in international affairs. Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali, Green leader Zack Polanski and Workers Party leader George Galloway are among them.
Camden Council’s list also names Barmy Brunch (Official Monster Raving Loony Party), Ewan Cameron (Conservatives), independent Tom Darwood, Clare Fischer (Climate Party), Tyler Johnson (Restore Britain), Briony Kapoor (Rejoin EU Party), Pete Newman (Reform UK), Ketankumar Pipaliya (UK VOICE safer and stronger UK), Jonathan Silberman (Communist League), Helen Spiby-Vann (Christian Peoples Alliance), Patrick Stillman (Liberal Democrats) and Ben Walker (UK Independence Party).
Nominations closed on 15 September, after which Camden Council published the full list. Some candidates have not yet released biographical details or campaign platforms; the article says it will be updated as more information and official statements become available.
