The polls in what is being called the most important by election in many years have opened in Makerfield and will remain open until 10pm tonight
There are fourteen candidates standing with the result expected in the early hours of Friday morning
The list of candidates in alphabetical order is as follows
Jake Austin, Liberal Democrat’s
Count Binface, Count Binface Party
Andy Burnham, Labour and Co-operative Party
Dan Clarke, Libertarian Party
John Dyer, Independent
Ed Gemmell, Climate Party
Paul Gould, Independent
Alan ‘Howlin’ Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Robert Kenyon, Reform UK
Robert Pownall, Independent
Rebecca Shepherd, Restore Britain
Sarah Wakefield, Green Party
Peter Ward, Rejoin EU
Michael Winstanley, Conservative Party
