UKIP have made gains in 26 of Greater Manchester’s 27 constituencies in the past month but are still nowhere near to winning any of them, according to experts.

Since the start of April, predictions from Election Forecast, a site run by a group of academics, show UKIP are performing better in 26 out of 27 seats across the region.

The 'poll of polls' makes for interesting reading for all the parties.

The biggest gains for Nigel Farage’s party were in Blackley and Broughton and Makerfield, where UKIP are polling five percentage points higher than they were doing at the start of the month.

But on current predictions, they don’t stand a realistic chance of winning either of the seats, with Labour holding commanding majorities in both.

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UKIP is performing best in Oldham East and Saddleworth and Wigan, polling at 19pc of the vote in both constituencies.

But the party will need to do a lot of work in the next seven days to beat Labour.

Ed Miliband’s party is predicted to win 40pc of the vote in Oldham East and Saddleworth and 50pc in Wigan.

One of the closest races in Greater Manchester looks likely to be in Bury North, where Labour has a lead of two percentage points over the Conservatives.

But according to the figures, the closest fight could be in Cheadle, where the Conservatives have a lead of just ONE percentage point over the Lib Dems.

As it stands, 24 of the 27 Greater Manchester constituencies will go to Labour while the Liberal Democrats will hold on to Hazel Grove, if the predictions are accurate.

The figures suggest the Lib Dems could lose Cheadle - very narrowly - to the Tories; and Manchester Withington to Labour.

Overall, it could mean Labour being on 24 seats, the Lib Dems one and the Tories two.

Election Forecast currently predicts that nationally, the Tories will be the largest party after May 7, with 284 seats.

Labour will finish on 262; while the SNP would scoop 52 seats.

The Lib Dems are predicted to get 23 seats. Ukip could win just one - as could the Greens.

That scenario would leave both Labour and the Conservatives well short of the 326 seats needed for a majority in the House of Commons to form the government.

The Election Forecast model combines data provided by YouGov with all publicly released national and constituency polls, historical election results, and data from the UK Census.

Take a look below to see forecast for all of Greater Manchester's constituencies.

Current election predictions in Greater Manchester

Constituency – Winner in 2010 – Projected 2015 Winner – % Point Majority

Makerfield – Labour – Labour – 35%

Blackley and Broughton – Labour – Labour – 41%

Oldham East and Saddleworth – Labour – Labour – 17%

Wigan – Labour – Labour – 29%

Bolton South East – Labour – Labour – 31%

Bolton West – Labour – Labour – 9%

Stalybridge and Hyde – Labour – Labour – 17%

Heywood and Middleton – Labour – Labour – 23%

Salford and Eccles – Labour – Labour – 27%

Ashton-under-Lyne – Labour – Labour – 27%

Oldham West and Royton – Labour – Labour – 32%

Bury South – Labour – Labour – 20%

Bolton North East – Labour – Labour – 21%

Rochdale – Labour – Labour – 25%

Stockport – Labour – Labour – 27%

Wythenshawe and Sale East – Labour – Labour – 29%

Denton and Reddish – Labour – Labour – 32%

Leigh – Labour – Labour – 33%

Manchester, Gorton – Labour – Labour – 46%

Bury North – Conservative – Labour – 2%

Hazel Grove – Liberal Democrats – Liberal Democrats – 5%

Manchester Central – Labour – Labour – 47%

Manchester, Withington – Liberal Democrats – Labour – 28%

Altrincham and Sale West – Conservative – Conservative - 22%

Cheadle – Liberal Democrats – Conservative – 1%

Stretford and Urmston – Labour – Labour – 27 %

Worsley and Eccles South – Labour – Labour – 19%

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