Labour is within the early lead as UK Common Election Outcomes start to trickle in.
PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews that there was a excessive turnout of voters throughout constituencies on Thursday in the UK normal election.
Polls opened at 7 am and voters had till 10 pm to specific their selections among the many 98 political events that offered candidates for the train.
There have been lengthy queues in some polling stations, particularly after the shut of labor, whereas others had sizeable numbers of voters. Nevertheless, postal vote returns had been mentioned to be decrease than regular polling days, underscoring a kind of apathy.
However, it’s believed the turnout could possibly be one of many highest in current election historical past.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was the primary chief to solid his vote at a polling station in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, together with his spouse, Akshata Murty.
Sunak hopes to be returned because the Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton.
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer was joined by his spouse, Victoria, in North London, shortly earlier than 10am to solid his poll.
The election was the primary within the UK historical past that voters had been requested to indicate picture identification earlier than receiving a poll paper. The exit polls had been performed 10 pm yesterday.
Throughout the constituencies, it was gathered that Labour Social gathering was on the ascendancy and it could portend the top of the Conservatives Social gathering’s 14-year reign and a change of presidency.
If Labour has majority, Starmer will probably be elected. Sunak will give a speech on the steps of No 10 as we speak (Friday) earlier than heading off to Buckingham Palace to satisfy King Charles III, whereas Starmer strikes into his new residence.
Enterprise Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who’s the Conservative candidate in North West Essex, has hit out at her native council over lacking postal votes after greater than 2,600 had been delayed within the constituency.
The cupboard minister wrote on X yesterday: “5 years in the past, all however 4 Conservatives on Uttlesford council had been voted out. Individuals wished ‘Change’. As a substitute, they received ‘Change for the WORSE’, electing an unbiased residents group who ran a blame-the-Tories marketing campaign.
“The neighborhood is now saddled with council management unable to hold out primary features competently…. Now they’ve probably disenfranchised as much as 2,600 postal voters by forgetting to ship them their poll papers. Don’t change for the more serious.”
Final week, the council’s chief govt, Peter Holt, apologised for the error, stating that packs had been despatched out to majority of postal voters.