Green Party of England and Wales leader Zack Polanski has proposed reforms giving party leaders more power to set strategy, after members voted at their October 4 conference to declare Zionism is racism, a motion he did not attend the vote for because he was campaigning in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election (a parliamentary contest in north London for the seat vacated by former leader Keir Starmer). Labour held that seat on Friday, fending off a strong Green challenge, and Polanski said he will remain leader while acknowledging some members feel "let down". The motion, which also backed boycott and sanctions measures against Israel, was criticised by Jewish groups, other parties and most Green MPs, and Polanski has since been barred from entering Israel.