Labour selects Sagal Abdi-Wali as candidate for Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Wednesday, 9 September 2026 22:51

Local campaigner Sagal Abdi-Wali has been selected as the Labour Party's candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary by-election. Sagal has been Leader of Camden Council since May 2026, having served as a councillor for Camden Square since 2022. She has held responsibility for housing and adult social care, working with local residents, businesses, and organisations to secure over £670 million to improve Camden's social housing, and has put tackling energy...Request free trial

Local campaigner Sagal Abdi-Wali has been selected as the Labour Party's candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary by-election.

Sagal has been Leader of Camden Council since May 2026, having served as a councillor for Camden Square since 2022. She has held responsibility for housing and adult social care, working with local residents, businesses, and organisations to secure over £670 million to improve Camden's social housing, and has put tackling energy bills at the heart of Camden's priorities, with nearly £30 million being invested to retrofit around 3,000 council homes.

Having already delivered for Londoners in her local area, Sagal has promised to put local communities at the heart of her campaign as Labour vows to make hope win on Thursday 8 October.

Labour's campaign will focus on championing Sagal, one of Camden's own, and her promise to deliver the progressive change so many people in Holborn and St. Pancras want to see.

Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour's candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, said:

I am delighted that local members have put their trust in me to be Labour's candidate in the area I've grown up in.

This place welcomed my family as refugees and gave us hope when we needed it most. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to build a life here, serving our community as a councillor, school governor, and community activist. Now I am standing to say thank you and to give back the hope you gave me.

Throughout this campaign, I promise to put our communities at the heart of everything I do, now and for the future. Together, we can make hope win.

Liam Conlon MP, Labour's by-election campaign lead, said:

Sagal is a fantastic local champion with a strong record of delivering for local residents on revamping council homes, reducing homelessness, and tackling nuisance antisocial behaviour.

She will be a powerful progressive voice for Holborn and St Pancras to work alongside our Labour Government to improve the lives for local people.

Labour will run a positive campaign that brings people together and restores hope. I look forward to joining hundreds of members to campaign with Sagal over the coming weeks.