Heywood and Middleton by-election candidates
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A by-election will be held in the constituency of Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester on 9 October.
The poll was triggered by the death of Labour MP Jim Dobbin earlier this month.
The deadline for candidates to register for the by-election was 1600 BST on 16 September.
The full list of candidates announced so far, in alphabetical order by surname, is:
Bickley, John - UK Independence Party
Gartside, Iain - The Conservative Party
Jackson, Abi - Green Party of England and Wales
McInnes, Liz - Labour Party
Smith, Anthony - The Liberal Democrats