With voters in south-east London and north Kent heading to the polls today, one constituency is set to be an incredibly tight race.

Between the News Shopper areas of Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley, Lewisham and Dartford, 12 constituencies are up for grabs.

Pollsters are predicting that 11 of those 12 seats are in relatively safe hands, with Labour controlling Lewisham and Greenwich, and the Conservatives controlling Bromley, Bexley and Dartford.

It's the constituency of Eltham Labour and Conservatives have their eyes on.

In 2015, the gap between the winner and runner-up in the Eltham was less than 3,000 votes.

Labour’s Clive Efford received 42.6 per cent of the vote with 18,393 votes, narrowly beating the Conservative candidate Spencer Drury with 36.4 per cent of the vote with 15,700 votes.

Now Mr Efford is hoping to fend off the new Conservative Candidate Matt Hartley in what YouGov say is south-east London’s closest seat.

A large factor will be where the people who voted for 2015’s third largest vote sharer in Eltham choose to cast their ballot.

UKIP candidate Peter Whittle attracted 15 per cent of the vote with 6,481 votes, but with no UKIP member standing in Eltham this year, the question of where those voters will go remains to be seen.

If even 50 per cent of these voters turn to Conservative, it will be enough to turn the election in the Tory’s favour.

Liberal Democrat candidate David Hall-Matthews will be hoping to improve on the Lib Dem’s poor 2015 performance in Eltham, while BNP candidate John Clarke will be hoping to pick up ex-UKIP voters.

Mr Efford has said the local issue he is most concerned about is the cutting of train services into London.

He said: “I will force the government to listen to local people and scrap the Tories’ plans to cut our train services to Charing Cross and Victoria.

“I will also oppose their plans to reduce our off-peak services to only four trains an hour.

“I will also continue to demand that we increase capacity on our railway by introducing 12-car trains.”

Mr Hartley has also said the local issue that concerns him the most is issues with trains, in particular the “terrible service” of Southeastern.

He said: “I have been campaigning for years on behalf of Southeastern commuters, who have put up with a terrible service for far too long.

“We have suffered from decades of underinvestment in our transport network in South East London, and if elected as Eltham’s new MP, I will be the effective champion that local commuters need.

“In particular, as a local councillor I have strongly opposed any suggestion that Bexleyheath line trains could go to Cannon Street only – the answer to Eltham’s transport problems is more connectivity, not less.”

Mr Hall-Matthews has said the local issue that concerns him the most is rising inequality in the constituency.

He said: “With the population growing fast in Eltham, too many children are not being given a fair start in life.

“Even before they get to school, they are losing out to the lucky few with wealthy parents.

“Thousands of 3 to 4 year-olds in Eltham will benefit from Liberal Democrat plans to triple funding for the early years pupil premium, with gives extra cash to nurseries, preschools and school receptions when they take on children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

“The cash would triple the funding to £1,000 per pupil per year - up from £302 in 2015 to 16.”