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| Rochester and Strood: Voters going to the polls | Rochester and Strood: Voters going to the polls |
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| Voters have been going to the polls in Rochester and Strood, in Kent. | |
| Thirteen people are running to be the area's MP. The by-election was called after Conservative Mark Reckless defected to the UK Independence Party. | Thirteen people are running to be the area's MP. The by-election was called after Conservative Mark Reckless defected to the UK Independence Party. |
| Voting lasts from 07:00 GMT until 22:00 GMT. The result is due early on Friday. | Voting lasts from 07:00 GMT until 22:00 GMT. The result is due early on Friday. |
| Mr Reckless won the Kent seat for the Conservatives in 2010 with 49.2% of the vote. Labour came second with 28.5%, followed by the Lib Dems, the English Democrats and Green Party. | Mr Reckless won the Kent seat for the Conservatives in 2010 with 49.2% of the vote. Labour came second with 28.5%, followed by the Lib Dems, the English Democrats and Green Party. |
| Mr Reckless is standing for UKIP against Conservative Kelly Tolhurst, Naushabah Khan for Labour, Geoff Juby for the Lib Dems and Clive Gregory of the Green Party. | Mr Reckless is standing for UKIP against Conservative Kelly Tolhurst, Naushabah Khan for Labour, Geoff Juby for the Lib Dems and Clive Gregory of the Green Party. |
| Also standing are Hairy Knorm Davidson of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Independents Mike Barker, Christopher Challis, Stephen Goldsbrough and Charlotte Rose; Jayda Fransen of Britain First, Nick Long of People Before Profit and Dave Osborn of the Patriotic Socialist Party. | Also standing are Hairy Knorm Davidson of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Independents Mike Barker, Christopher Challis, Stephen Goldsbrough and Charlotte Rose; Jayda Fransen of Britain First, Nick Long of People Before Profit and Dave Osborn of the Patriotic Socialist Party. |
| Full details of the results as they come in - and the reaction - will be on the BBC News website and the BBC News Channel through the night. | Full details of the results as they come in - and the reaction - will be on the BBC News website and the BBC News Channel through the night. |
| There will be a by-election special on BBC One with Andrew Neil from 23:35 GMT on Thursday. | There will be a by-election special on BBC One with Andrew Neil from 23:35 GMT on Thursday. |
| And BBC Radio Kent will be live through the night with results and reaction presented by Julia George. | |
| In Rochester and Strood the candidates, in alphabetical order, are: | In Rochester and Strood the candidates, in alphabetical order, are: |
| Barker, Mike - Independent | Barker, Mike - Independent |
| Challis, Christopher - Independent | Challis, Christopher - Independent |
| Davidson, Hairy Knorm - Official Monster Raving Loony Party | Davidson, Hairy Knorm - Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
| Fransen, Jayda - Britain First | Fransen, Jayda - Britain First |
| Goldsbrough, Stephen William - Independent | Goldsbrough, Stephen William - Independent |
| Gregory, Clive - Green Party | Gregory, Clive - Green Party |
| Juby, Geoff - Liberal Democrats | Juby, Geoff - Liberal Democrats |
| Khan, Naushabah - Labour | Khan, Naushabah - Labour |
| Long, Nick - People Before Profit | Long, Nick - People Before Profit |
| Osborn, Dave - Patriotic Socialist Party | Osborn, Dave - Patriotic Socialist Party |
| Reckless, Mark - UK Independence Party | Reckless, Mark - UK Independence Party |
| Rose, Charlotte - Independent | Rose, Charlotte - Independent |
| Tolhurst, Kelly - Conservative | Tolhurst, Kelly - Conservative |
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