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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
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- Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection
- The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour? | Andy Beckett
- UK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happened
- Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat
- Labour sees off Green challenge to win Holborn by-election
- Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras byelection; Polanski ‘absolutely’ intends to remain Green party leader – UK politics live
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