Is Zack Polanski About To Run For Keir Starmer’s Old Seat?

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Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, during a news conference in London, UK, on Wednesday, Aug.

All eyes are on Zack Polanski after former prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was resigning as a London MP.

The Green Party leader – who is currently a London Assembly member – has repeatedly insisted he would only run to be an MP if a seat in the capital became available.

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Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, during a news conference in London, UK, on Wednesday, Aug. All eyes are on Zack Polanski after former prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was resigning as a London MP. The Green Party leader – who is currently a London Assembly member – has repeatedly insisted he would only run to be an MP if a seat in the capital became available.

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A Green Party spokesperson then failed to rule out the possibility of Polanski campaigning to replace Starmer in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency on Tuesday, after the ex-PM's resignation.
They told HuffPost UK: "Zack has always made it clear he would like to be a London MP.
"London has been his home for over 20 years." Starmer's former seat, in north-west London, has only voted in Labour MPs since the constituency was created in 1983.
Starmer secured a very comfortable majority of 27,763 in 2019 only for it to fall to 11,572 in the 2024 general election.

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There could be signs that enthusiasm for Labour in the area are waning. The Greens came in fourth place in the seat back in 2019 with 2,746 votes.

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