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Voters are going to the polls in two Westminster by-elections.

New MPs for Witney, in Oxfordshire, and Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire, will be chosen on Thursday.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood down as an MP after quitting Downing Street, is being replaced in Witney.

The by-election in Batley and Spen was prompted by the death of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed in Birstall in June.

Mrs Cox won the seat with a majority of 6,057 in 2015, while in Witney, the Conservatives are defending a majority of 25,155.

Polls in both constituencies opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST.

The BBC weather forecast for both constituencies is largely the same, with no rain predicted and a top temperature of 13C.

Here is a full list of the candidates standing, in alphabetical order by surname:

Batley and Spen

Corbyn Anti - By Election Protest

Tracy Lynn Brabin - Labour Party

Jack Buckby - No to terrorism, yes to Britain

Richard Charles Edmonds - National Front

David Furness - British National Party Local People First

Therese Hirst - English Democrats: 'Putting England First!'

Waqas Ali Khan - Independent

Garry Mervyn Kitchin - Independent

Ankit Love - One Love Party

Henry Edmund Burke Mayhew - Independent

(The Conservatives, Green Party, Liberal Democrats and UKIP are not fielding a candidate)

Witney

Emilia Arno - One Love Party

Dickie Bird - UKIP

David Bishop - Bus-Pass Elvis Party

Robert Courts - Conservative Party

Duncan Enright - Labour Party

Mad Hatter - Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Lord Toby Jug - The Eccentric Party of Great Britain

Adam Knight - Independent

Elizabeth Leffman - Liberal Democrat

Winston McKenzie - English Democrats

Helen Salisbury - National Health Action Party

Larry Sanders - Green Party

Daniel Skidmore - Independent

Nicholas Ward - Independent