When will Swansea West, Swansea East, Cardiff Central and the other Welsh constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 7, 2015 Unlike most areas are dominated by one or two parties, Wales is heavily split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and the Greens. [custom id="15"] The Swansea constituencies, all of which are currently Labour seats, will report at 3:00am. Brecon & Radnorshire, Wales’s largest constituency and a Lib Dem stronghold, will announce its results [...]
When will Belfast North, East Londonderry, Mid Ulster and the Northern Ireland constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 7, 2015 In Northern Ireland, Antrim North, the Democratic Unionist stronghold, will be the first to announce at 1:00am. The other Antrim constituencies, Upper Bann and Lagan Valley, will all follow shortly after. [custom id="15"] Belfast West, Belfast East, Belfast South and Belfast North are all due to announce their results at 2:00am, with Londonderry East reporting at [...]
When will Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield Hallam and Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 7, 2015 No need to put on the kettle and force your eyes open through the night on Thursday – the map below has the exact times for when each constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber will be reporting its general election results. [custom id="15"] The first comes from Cleethorpes at 2:30am, but things really start to [...]
When will Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and the North West constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 7, 2015 The north west, with major northern cities Manchester and Liverpool, has more marginal constituencies than anywhere else in the country – 27 to be exact out of 72. Read more: Regional roundup: Everything you need to know about your constituency Labour dominate the region – less so than in it has in the past – but the party is targeting [...]
Hackney voting issues: Diane Abbott slams Hackney voter registration chaos “a disgrace” May 7, 2015 Hackney MP Diane Abbott has slammed the local council's handling of polling in the borough as hundreds of voters turning out to cast their ballot in the General Election have been told they are not registered to vote. Abbott, who is defending her seat in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, called the situation a disgrace. [...]
When will constituencies in Aberdeen, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Fife and Dunbarton declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 7, 2015 Scotland will be a particularly interesting one to watch, as a number of polls have said the Scottish National Party (SNP) could end up making some big gains there. [custom id="15"] This comes months after Scotland hit headlines around the world (as well as investors' nerves) last year when it headed to the polls over [...]
Regional roundups: Who’s standing in each constituency and when will they declare results in the 2015 General Election vote? Here’s everything you need to know May 7, 2015 We may be hours away from finding out who's going to run the country for the next five years – but how much do you know about your local area? With dozens of election leaflets being pushed through letterboxes a day, you could be forgiven for trying to avoid the election altogether. Nevertheless, City A.M. [...]
Hackney voting issues: Registration problems leave at least 100 residents unable to vote as polls open on day of General Election May 7, 2015 A technical error with the government's new online voter registration system has left at least a hundred residents in Hackney unable to vote as polls opened this morning, despite registering on time. Many more who completed their registration before the 20 April cut-off date, but were not registered due to a backlog, were left unable [...]
General Election 2015: Quiz – How well do you know your election gaffes? May 7, 2015 As the campaign trail comes to an end today, the party leaders are likely breathing a sigh of relief and giving themselves a pat on the back for overcoming the trials, tribulations and many potential pitfalls which litter the road to Number 10. In an age where hawk-eyed political types are watching the every move, [...]
General Election 2015: Polls open as millions expected to cast vote in tightest race for decades May 7, 2015 Polling has begun in one of the most difficult to call General Elections in recent history. More than 50m people are registered to vote and are expected to have voted by the time polling stations close across the country at 10pm tonight. The tightly fought race still has the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck in [...]