Greens concede Holborn and St Pancras by-election to Labour

The Labour Party is on track to win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election after the Green Party conceded defeat. The election for Sir Keir Starmer’s old seat was fiercely contested by a total of 15 candidates, including Green leader Zack Polanski and Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali. It marked a defining moment for Polanski, who contested the Labour stronghold in a bid to join his party’s five MPs in Parliament. The seat has been held by Labour since its formation in 1983, including for 11 years by Starmer between 2015 and September of this year. That appears on track to remain unchanged today, although the Green Party insists the results will reflect a close race. Follow The i Paper’s live blog for all the latest.