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Westminster leader Ellie Chowns calls a conference motion declaring Zionism a form of racism "significant and damaging policy" and says she will work to reform the party's structures.
Green MP Siân Berry states party members opposed to the 'Zionism is racism' motion were persuaded not to campaign publicly due to concurrent byelection, acknowledging the motion has caused genuine damage to the party's reputation.
Labour has retained Holborn and St Pancras with a majority of 3,364, a result John Curtice said leaves the party better placed than six months ago but less popular than in 2025, while John Harris writes that the Greens have forfeited ground won under Zack Polanski's leadership.
Zack Polanski says he will remain Green Party leader despite losing the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and facing calls to resign from within his own party over a conference motion on Zionism.
BBC political editor Chris Mason says Zack Polanski is confronting the gravest crisis of his leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales, after a party conference motion labelling Zionism a form of racism and a by-election loss in Holborn and St Pancras.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has urged Green leader Zack Polanski to reverse a members' motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as former leader Caroline Lucas accuses Polanski of failing to show leadership.
