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Makerfield by-election: Wigan Today exit poll predicts who could win after polls close
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There are around 78,000 people of voting age in Makerfield and today they have had the future of the country in their hands.
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Profiles of the two men contesting the Makerfield seat
While there are 14 candidates contesting the Makerfield by-election, all the polls have shown that there are only two with a chance of winning it.
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Forget door knocks, leafleting or TV and radio appearances. It could be something as simple as where a candidate does their big shop that was going to clinch a few votes at the Makerfield by-election.
Makerfield by-election: live updates as weeks of campaigning culminates in today's crucial vote
The talk is over and Makerfield residents are now having their say at the ballot box in one of the most hotly anticipated and important by-elections in British political history.
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Makerfield voters pictured as they head to the polls - alongside some big political names
People in Makerfield are voting in the by-election today on who will become their next MP
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Makerfield by-election exit poll: We invite readers to tell us, in confidence, who they have voted for today
Wigan Today invites Makerfield voters to tell us, in confidence, which way they have voted in today’s crucial by-election
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