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| Cowdenbeath by-election: Voting gets under way | Cowdenbeath by-election: Voting gets under way |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| Voters in the Fife constituency of Cowdenbeath are going to the polls to choose a new MSP for the seat. | Voters in the Fife constituency of Cowdenbeath are going to the polls to choose a new MSP for the seat. |
| Polling stations in the Scottish parliamentary constituency will be open from 07:00 until 22:00. | Polling stations in the Scottish parliamentary constituency will be open from 07:00 until 22:00. |
| There are seven candidates taking part in the contest. Counting of the votes will take place on Thursday night after the close of polls. | |
| BBC Scotland will provide live coverage of the by-election results online after 22.00. | |
| There will also be a Newsnight Scotland by-election special on BBC2 Scotland, starting at 23:00. | |
| The candidates | The candidates |
| Denise Baykal - UK Independence Party. | Denise Baykal - UK Independence Party. |
| Dave Dempsey - Scottish Conservatives. | Dave Dempsey - Scottish Conservatives. |
| Stuart Graham - The Victims Final Right Party. | Stuart Graham - The Victims Final Right Party. |
| Jade Holden - Scottish Liberal Democrats. | Jade Holden - Scottish Liberal Democrats. |
| Natalie McGarry - Scottish National Party. | Natalie McGarry - Scottish National Party. |
| Alex Rowley - Scottish Labour. | Alex Rowley - Scottish Labour. |
| James Trolland - Scottish Democratic Alliance. | James Trolland - Scottish Democratic Alliance. |