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Residents of Brockley are voting in a by-election today to elect a new councillor.

Polling stations opened their doors at 7am this morning and will close at 10pm tonight so that local residents can have their say.

There are six candidates running in the by-elections today:ophie McGeevor for the Labour Party, Claire Phipps for the Green Party, Bobby Dean for the Liberal Democrats, Andy Hughes for the Conservative Party, Rebecca Manson-Jones for the Women’s Equality Party and Hugh Waine for UKIP.

For information on polling stations look here.

East London Lines will have more coverage of the results tomorrow.