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Counting under way in Kingswood by-election

PA Media Chris Skidmore on College Green in LondonPA Media
Chris Skidmore quit his job as Kingswood's MP last month, triggering a by-election.

People living in the Bristol constituency of Kingswood have voted to decide who will be their next member of Parliament.

A by-election was triggered when the constituency's Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore, resigned.

Polling stations were open on Thursday from 07:00 GMT until 22:00.

The votes will be counted overnight at Thornbury Leisure Centre in South Gloucestershire.

The seat is being contested by candidates from the Conservatives, Greens, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and UKIP.

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