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

Candidates

• Robin Walker - Conservative

• Louis Stephen - Green

• Mark Shuker - Independent

• Joy Squires - Labour

• Federica Smith - Liberal Democrat

• Pete McNally - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

• James Goad - UKIP

In the seat where the 'Worcester Woman' was defined in the 1997 election, Robin Walker won the last election with a 2,982 majority - one of the larger margins of ITV Central's 15 for 2015.

Worcester was a Labour victory in 1997 before returning to the Conservatives in 2010.

2010 election

• Conservative: 19358 (39.5%)

• Labour: 16376 (33.4%)

• Liberal Democrat: 9525 (19.4%)

• BNP: 1219 (2.5%)

• Green: 735 (1.5%)

• UKIP: 1360 (2.8%)

• Independent: 129 (0.3%)

• Others: 272 (0.6%)