Makerfield by-election: Wigan Today exit poll predicts who could win after polls close

The results of Wigan Today's exit poll are in and it predicts a win for Labour's Andy Burnham.

But only because the right wing has been split. Almost 4,000 readers took part in the confidential survey - thank you all! - and while this is no way scientifically watertight, it does seem to reflect what many pundits have been predicting.

The poll shows Mr Burnham with 1,451 of the 3,956 votes cast, and Reform's Rob Kenyon polling 1,196.

However a late surge in popularity for the further-right Restore Britain candidate Rebecca Shepherd garners a further 512 votes.

Add the Reform and Restore figures together and they are more than Mr Burnham's total.

Here are the full exit poll results (poll closed at midnight):

Andy Burnham (Labour and Co-operative Party) - 1451

Rob Kenyon (Reform UK) - 1196

Rebecca Shepherd (Restore Britain) - 512

Count Binface (Count Binface Party) - 291

Sarah Wakefield (Green Party) - 106

Peter Ward (Rejoin EU Bring) - 101

Michael Winstanley (Conservative) - 98

Howling Laud Hope (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) - 96

Jake Austin (Liberal Democrats) - 34

Robert Pownall (independent) - 19

Ed Gemmell (Climate Party) - 18

John Dyer (independent) - 13

Dan Clarke (Libertarian Party) - 12

Paul Gould (independent) - 9