A Reform UK by-election candidate's claim of being 'born and bred' in the constituency has been questioned after it emerged he grew up in a neighbouring area.

Reform UK's Makerfield by-election candidate Rob Kenyon, 41, who claims to be 'born and bred' in Makerfield, was raised in Haydock (within the St Helens North constituency) and attended English Martyrs Catholic Primary School there; the Reform party argues he was 'bred' in Makerfield as he attended secondary school and visited family within the constituency.