Candidates announced for Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Sir Keir Starmer stepped down
Some 15 candidates are standing to succeed Sir Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
A full list of all the challengers hoping to replace the ex-prime minister as the MP for the London seat has been published by Camden Council, which is responsible for administering the poll.
The full list of candidates standing in the election includes:
– Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour Party
– Barmy Brunch, Official Monster Raving Loony Party
– Ewan Cameron, Conservative Party
– Tom Darwood, independent
– Clare Fisher, Climate Party
– George Galloway, Workers Party
– Tyler Kurtis Johnson, Restore Britain
– Briony Anne Lonbay Kapoor, Rejoin EU
– Peter Newman, Reform UK
– Ketankumar Pipaliya, UK VOICE safer and stronger UK
– Zack Polanski, Green Party
– Jonathan Silberman, Communist League
– Helen Spiby-Vann, Christian Peoples Alliance
– Patrick Stillman, Liberal Democrats
– Ben Walker, UKIP – NO to illlegal migrants
The by-election, which was triggered when Sir Keir announced he would resign as an MP, will take place on Thursday October 8.
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