With a tight contest expected, Whittle goes for the hyper local pitch that he IS Caerphilly, an approach followed slightly less tub-thumpingly by Tunnicliffe. All the candidates have given their closing statements. Hughes says all the parties there have had a chance. "The Green party is the new kid on the block," he says.

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At one point the mum of one of the questioners from the audience blamed one of the candidates for having 'never felt so unwelcome' in Caerphilly