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

Candidates

• Nicky Morgan - Conservative

• Matthew Sisson - Green

• Matthew O'Callaghan - Labour

• Steve Coltman - Liberal Democrat

• Bill Piper - UKIP

The Loughborough constituency has been won by the party that won the most seats since 1974.

It will be watched especially closely this year as Nicky Morgan, the newly appointed Education Secretary, tries to defend her 3,744 majority.

The seat is in Leicestershire and includes the famous sporty university, as well as many outlying villages.

2010 election

• Conservative: 21971 (41.6%)

• Labour: 18227 (34.5%)

• Liberal Democrat: 9675 (18.3%)

• BNP: 2040 (3.9%)

• UKIP: 925 (1.8%)