Who's standing in Telford and how close is it?

Candidates

• Lucy Allan - Conservative

• Peter Hawkins - Green

• David Wright - Labour

• Ian Croll - Liberal Democrats

• Denis Allen - UKIP

Around 30 miles east of Birmingham, the Telford constituency has been Labour since it was created in 1997.

It has an important industrial heritage but is now a centre for technology and IT. The population is expected to grow massively within the next couple of decades.

2010 election

• Conservative: 14996 (36.3%)

• Labour: 15974 (38.7%)

• Liberal Democrat: 6399 (15.5%)

• BNP: 1513 (3.7%)

• UKIP: 2428 (5.9%)