12:25am UK, Thursday January 13, 2011
Voters will go to the polls today in a hotly contested by-election in Oldham East and Saddleworth.
The result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning
The seat became vacant when an election court ruled the then-Labour MP Phil Woolas had lied about Liberal Democrat candidate Elwyn Watkins during the General Election campaign.
Two judges declared the result void, triggering the by-election.
Based on figures from the General Election, the constituency is considered a three-way marginal between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.
All three leaders visited to lend support to their candidates.
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