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- Workers Party leader George Galloway announced his candidacy for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
- Green Party leader Zack Polanski will also stand for his party in the contest.
- The by-election is scheduled for 8 October 2026.
- Galloway was expelled from the Labour Party in 2003 and previously won seats with large Asian electorates.
- Holborn and St Pancras voters are 22% Asian, half Pakistani or Bangladeshi, and 20% Muslim.