Who's standing in Leicester West and how close is it?

Candidates

• Paul Bessant - Conservative

• Peter Hague - Green

• Liz Kendall - Labour

• Ian Bradwell - Liberal Democrats

• Heather Rawling - Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition

• Stuart Young - UKIP

Leicester West is the most marginal of the three Leicester seats and the one with the largest proportion of social housing.

It's been held by Labour since the Second World War.

Election 2010

• Conservative: 9728 (27.2%)

• Labour: 13745 (38.4%)

• Liberal Democrats: 8107 (22.6%)

• BNP: 2158 (6%)

• Green: 639 (1.8%)

• UKIP: 883 (2.5%)

• TUSC: 157 (0.4%)

• Independent: 181 (0.5%)