Stoke and Copeland byelections voters go to the polls - as it happened

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 4.56pm GMTThanks for following the blog today. Andrew will be back with a special byelections result blog later when the polls close. In the meantime here is a summary of the day’s events 4.28pm GMTGraphs from betting exchange Smarkets show how the odds on tonights byelections have moved. In Stoke, it currently gives Labour a 68% chance of winning, with Ukip rated at 28% and the Tories at 5%. Ukip has tailed off sign