Polls have closed in a by-election that will see Makerfield’s next MP elected.
Fourteen candidates are standing for the seat which became vacant after the resignation of Labour’s Josh Simons.
Among them is Andy Burnham – but will he win his ticket back to to Parliament where he can take on Sir Keir Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party or will Reform seize the seat?
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