We are past midnight, so all campaigning is over. The polling stations open at 7:00 (and close at 22:00). So it’s time for the voting thread.
It’s trickier this year because of voter ID requirements but gov.uk have all the details. However, note this: “You can still use your ID even if it has expired.” So an out-of-date passport, for example, will work as long as the name is the same and the photo still looks like you. Don’t forget that there are other polling stations rules.
There have been problems in some areas with people getting their postal vote on time but if you haven’t got yours and you aren’t on your holidays, it’s not too late. Details on what to do.
Tactical voting can make a difference in some places and there are a number of sites to help with this. They’ll largely be similar but check a couple before committing:
- Get Voting - which also has ID info and a boundary checker
- tactical.vote
- StopTheTories.vote
- Win As One has broader aims to change the voting system
If you want your vote to count you can try SwapMyVote.uk.
Other things you can do:
- Offer lifts to people so they can get out and vote - contact your party of choice
If you have any other resources then throw them in below. If you have any questions then ask away and, hopefully, someone can rummage the answer up for you. edit: If I’ve cocked up, then let me know.
NB: we aren’t endorsing any links, so you will have to use your best judgement on who you trust with your details.
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Lesson to future generations. Run on ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ whenever you can. Keep it simple. The rest is just noise.
First result is in at Houghton and Sunderland South.
Labour hold with 18,847 (47.1%) but Reform second with 11,668 (29.1%). Turnout also down compared to last 2 elections.
13 seats for Reform feels like it would be more than a foot in the door for Faragism if the exit poll is accurate for them. I hope Labour will be able to provide effective counters to this.
Of course it’s also possible that with suddenly gaining MPs in double digits, the inexperienced party might keep tripping over itself before it can trip anyone else.
Chances of at least 2 of them being disqualified/resigning for saying something awful is like 100%. There will be by-elections in no time.
Does anyone have a list of when the results are typically announced for each seat?
Is anyone watching the C4 programme? Nadine Dorries is made out of pure salt right now. Her and Alistair Campbell are scrapping at every opportunity. Chaotic but entertaining.
I’m flipping between C4 and BBC. I don’t understand why they have so many Tories on the panel? Dories, Karting, Stewart and Zahawi? They’ve only got two labour people and Vince cable has been relegated to the children’s table?
More potential for drama I guess. Labour’s attitude is too subdued.
Yeah that was funny, she picked a fight with the wrong person!
Cons looking at 130ish seats let the blood games begin!
130 too many, but I’ll take it!
Yeah I was hoping they would fall under 100. The exit poll is just another poll though - it still could change yet. Maybe the projections won’t properly account for the effect of Reform and independents.
It’s a tricky one, I want the Tories annihilated, but less so if it brings Reform in, shudder.
SNP hooo boy
hahaha get fucked SNP. We are so close to putting all this independence pish to bed. It was still affecting my vote a decade after the referendum. So tired of having to prioritise the constitutional question over everything else.
It’ll be nice not to have to listen to them shoehorn independence into every debate
Exit poll soon!
As a non-european I have some questions!
Firstly, is voting in the UK compulsory?
Secondly, how likely is it that the polls are wrong and the Tories will form government?
And thirdly, how have the Tories suddenly fallen from grace? They’ve presided over a real shit show for the last decade but kept getting elected. What changed?
The polls can possibly be wrong if something is really close, but this basically never happens. Unfortunately, voting isn’t compulsory
Polls in the US and Australia in the last decade have been absurdly inaccurate.
Well, right now Kier Starmer is meeting with His Majesty the King where The King will ask him to form a new government
1 - Nope.
2 - That remains to be seen, but the polls have never been too far wrong in the past.
3 - 14 years of mismanagement, no Brexit to use a as single policy election and the rise of Reform.
2: As Starmer and many others predicted, the end result was much tighter than the polls predicted. Lots of shy Tories out there, and a smaller number of people switching from Labour to Green as a protest (as we’d seen in our local council elections).
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TBH IDGAF who wins but I’m just happy the Tories are on their way out.
Don’t screw this up.
Well, so long as Reform don’t get in?
How many seats will Reform get, do we reckon?
fingers crossed hard for none.
Let’s hope!
tackle voting screams true democracy. /s
I spoiled my vote as no party aligns with my political views in ExeterThank you for your non participation. The fascist parties of the world thank you. Enjoy your holiday between elections, where you are invited to keep your mouth shut since your opinions don’t matter and no politician will count your views as having any value.
no, my vote being a no vote effects all equally. fascism will come and i will stand with the trade unions and workers and this will count more than a vote in a geriatric system.
Congratulations, you’ve failed to achieve the bare minimum standard expected of functioning members of society, and apparently failed to understand how democracy works. Well done.
Both of your statements seem hyperbolic rather than coherent arguments. Choosing to vote is democratic, and your first statement about the minimum requirement makes no sense as, again, you’re speaking hyperbolically. I’ll leave this here, as you seem to lack political imagination and speak like a caricature.
It’s not hyperbole, it’s fair criticism.
I genuinely believe that the minimum standard of a functioning member of society is to select a representative who will participate in setting policies for the society of which they are a part.
To claim that no one aligns with your ideology or your views is to fail in that objective. You simply select the one most closely aligned.
It’s not a criticism grounded in reality; rather, it comes across as condescending and hyperbolic. In debates clarity is essential. I’ve chosen to exercise my democratic right to protest by spoiling my vote. Under the current political system, I see our society failing, and the available parties do not offer solutions. Spoiling my vote was my civic duty.
Aren’t Labour expected to win there?
yes expected, the labour mp was a dry fart at the hustings, greens had a far better reaction. but neither are parties i support.
