The leader of Camden council, Sagal Abdi-Wali, has been selected as the Labour candidate to replace Sir Keir Starmer in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election.
Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee, was chosen from a shortlist of three Camden councillors, including Nasrine Djemai, to fight the by-election caused by Starmer's resignation as an MP.
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