Polanski faces Green rival in bid for Keir Starmer’s old seat
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- Green Party leader Zack Polanski faces an internal challenge from Camden councillor Hamza Chowdhury for the nomination in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
- Chowdhury said he was seeking the nomination as the by-election date was confirmed for 8 October, following Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP.
- He argued that voters did not need “a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet.”
Zack Polanski’s attempt to contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election has run into unexpected opposition from within the Green Party. Hamza Chowdhury, a Green councillor in Camden, said he is also seeking the nomination for the seat.
Chowdhury said most of his fellow Green councillors on Camden council support his bid. He made the intervention as the by-election date was confirmed for 8 October, after Keir Starmer formally resigned as the constituency’s MP.
The local councillor framed his challenge around the kind of representative voters should choose. He said the constituency did not need “a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet.”
a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet
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