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Alyn and Deeside polls close in Welsh Assembly by-election | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
The polls have closed in the Alyn and Deeside by-election as voters choose a new member of the Welsh Assembly. | |
The seat in Flintshire became vacant after the death of former Labour minister Carl Sargeant in November. | |
Five candidates were standing, representing Labour, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. | |
The polls closed at 22:00 GMT, with the result expected in the early hours of Wednesday morning. | |
At the last assembly election in 2016, Labour had a majority of 5,364 over the Tories in second place with UKIP third. |