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07/05/2015
Polling Stations Open For General Election Voting
Around 50,000 polling stations across the UK have opened to allow people to cast their votes in the General Election.
Polls opened at 7am and will remain open until 10pm.
Around 50 million people are registered to vote in this election, which will see 650 Westminster MPs elected. In addition, there are thousands more council seats being contested from the UK regions.
Counting of the votes will begin later and some seats are expected to be confirmed by midnight with the final results expected tomorrow (Friday).
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Polls opened at 7am and will remain open until 10pm.
Around 50 million people are registered to vote in this election, which will see 650 Westminster MPs elected. In addition, there are thousands more council seats being contested from the UK regions.
Counting of the votes will begin later and some seats are expected to be confirmed by midnight with the final results expected tomorrow (Friday).
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Voting has commenced in three parliamentary by-elections. Polling stations in Croydon North, Middlesbrough and Rotherham are open until 11pm. The Croydon and Middlesbrough contests were triggered by the deaths of MPs Malcolm Wicks and Sir Stuart Bell. The contest in Rotherham is due to the resignation of Denis MacShane.
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Voting under way in General Election
The British public have been heading out to the polls to decide the next government in today’s general election. Prime Minister Tony Blair was the first of the three main political leaders to cast his vote at his Sedgefield constituency. His wife Cherie and two sons Nicky and Euan joined Mr Blair this morning.
Voting under way in General Election
The British public have been heading out to the polls to decide the next government in today’s general election. Prime Minister Tony Blair was the first of the three main political leaders to cast his vote at his Sedgefield constituency. His wife Cherie and two sons Nicky and Euan joined Mr Blair this morning.
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