Voters head to the polls in by-elections being held in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton

Voting is taking place today in by-elections being held in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton.

Both seats were held by the Conservatives before the by-elections were triggered.

Polls opened at 7 am and will close at 10 pm, with results expected to be announced overnight.

These are the 15 candidates standing in Wakefield:

• Nadeem Ahmed – Conservative Party

• Paul Bickerdike – Christian Peoples Alliance

• Mick Dodgson – Freedom Alliance. Real People. Real Alternative

• Sir Archibald Stanton Earl ‘Eaton – The Official Monster Raving Loony Party

• Jayda Fransen – Independent

• Jordan James Gaskell – UK Independence Party

• David John Rowntree Herdson – Yorkshire Party

• Therese Hirst – English Democrats

• Christopher Richard Jones – Northern Independence Party

• Simon Robert Lightwood – Labour Party

• Jamie Luke Needle – Liberal Democrats

• Ashley Theo Blue Routh – Green Party

• Ashlea Simon – Britain First

These are the…