Makerfield by-election: how the crucial vote unfolded and all the reaction that followed
The talk is over and Makerfield residents have had their their say at the ballot box in one of the most hotly anticipated and important by-elections in British political history.
Thousands of Wigan residents went to the polls on Thursday in the Makerfield by-election.
All the polls and surveys suggested it was a close two-horse race between Labour’s Andy Burnham and Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon.
Follow our blog to find out what actually happened.