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10:36:05Now PlayingVoting has finished in the Makerfield by-election - stick with Sky News all night for all the latest from the count!
The vote in the Greater Manchester seat was triggered by the resignation of Labour's Josh Simons on 18 May.
There are around 76,000 eligible voters across the constituency who can have their say in deciding their next MP.
The full list of candidates:
- Jake Austin, Liberal Democrats
- Count Binface, Count Binface Party
- Andy Burnham, Labour Party
- Dan Clarke, Libertarian Party
- John Alfred Dyer, Independent
- Ed Gemmell, Climate Party
- Paul Richard Gould, Independent
- Alan 'Howlin' Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Robert Kenyon, Reform UK
- Robert Pownall, Independent (Protect The Wild)
- Rebecca Shepherd, Restore Britain
- Sarah Wakefield, Green Party
- Peter Ward, Rejoin EU
- Michael Winstanley, Conservative Party
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