Green Party leader Zack Polanski finished second with 32.7% of the vote, or 8,928 ballots, and announced he will remain in his leadership role after the party doubled its previous support. The win is a boost for Prime Minister Andy Burnham, despite Labour's total vote share dipping 3.9 percentage points to 45%. Other challengers fared poorly, as George Galloway recorded his worst ever result in a Westminster race and the Restore party lost its deposit after polling fewer than 700 votes.
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Labour Wins Starmer Seat With Narrowest 12.3% Margin
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Sagal Abdi-Wali won 12,292 votes to retain the north London constituency for the Labour party, though the victory provides the narrowest margin in the area's history. The 12.3% majority is the smallest the ruling party has ever held in Holborn and St Pancras, according to campaign data. Abdi-Wali, a former Somali refugee and local councillor, will enter Parliament when it returns from recess on Monday to fill the seat formerly held by Keir Starmer.
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