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Voters head for the polls in Selby and Ainsty by-election

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Voters are today heading to the polls in North Yorkshire in the Selby and Ainsty by-election.

The seat was left vacant by the resignation of MP Nigel Adams, who quit a day after he was snubbed for a peerage by Boris Johnson.

There are 13 candidates vying to replace him. They are Keir Mather - Labour; Claire Holmes - Conservative; Matt Walker - Liberal Democrat;Arnold Warneken - Green; Andrew Gray - Independent; Mike Jordan - Yorkshire Party; Dave Kent - Reform UK; Nick Palmer - Independent; Guy Phoenix - Heritage Party; Sir Archibald Stanton - Official Monster Raving Loony; John Waterston - Social Democratic Party; Luke Wellock - Climate Party and Tyler Wilson-Kerr - Independent.

Results are expected on Friday.

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