What's turnout like locally?
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I turned up at 7:15 and there was about 8 or 9 on the sheet before me, there was also another couple of people sat at the other side of the room taking names so they might have had a few not sure.
There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
Tam_Mullen said:
I turned up at 7:15 and there was about 8 or 9 on the sheet before me, there was also another couple of people sat at the other side of the room taking names so they might have had a few not sure.
There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
Yet you can come into the country without it and be accommodated. There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
Cats_pyjamas said:
Went in just after 8am, I was the only voter in the station, passed two people heading in on my way out. I wasn't expecting it to be busy, but certainly was expecting more than that!
Usually it is very busy that time of day. Postal vote this time. But in the past I have been standing in a line at around 8ish. Prime time for people popping in before work. My standing MP is tory, and the constituency has been blue since its conception. However, the libdems have put in a lot of effort to attack the previously safe seat. They were aided by my MP being transparent, to the extent that she has disappeared, or at least moved on to another constituency where she feels she might remain an MP. Much will depend on turnout.
I vote around 8.45. This seems to be a lull period, probably because most people are working or have delivered children to school. I've never had to queue.
Not so this time. There were three in front of me, and two came in just after I arrived. I chatted to a volunteer and asked about turnout and he said they had more 'through the door' in the two hours they'd been open than a normal GE morning. "Many more," he reckoned. So some hope for a 20k+ majority to be overturned.
I vote around 8.45. This seems to be a lull period, probably because most people are working or have delivered children to school. I've never had to queue.
Not so this time. There were three in front of me, and two came in just after I arrived. I chatted to a volunteer and asked about turnout and he said they had more 'through the door' in the two hours they'd been open than a normal GE morning. "Many more," he reckoned. So some hope for a 20k+ majority to be overturned.
MDMA . said:
Tam_Mullen said:
I turned up at 7:15 and there was about 8 or 9 on the sheet before me, there was also another couple of people sat at the other side of the room taking names so they might have had a few not sure.
There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
Yet you can come into the country without it and be accommodated. There was a bloke in front of me got turned away for not having ID. It still sticks in my throat a little bit that you need ID, but there isnt really an excuse because its publicised everywhere... even on the way into the poll!
Not worth voting in my constituency.
Sinn Fein lose South Armagh would be a bigger shock than Tories win another term.
BUT, so many seats in N.I will be absolute theatre...
can the DUP leader hold on to his seat?
what effect will the Irish Sea border have?
Can the SDLP hold Derry.. if it doesn't they'll need a new leader and the party is as good as finished.
Will the winning margin in Fermanagh/South Tyrone be in single digits again after 3 recounts.
I loathe politicians but I love elections!!
Sinn Fein lose South Armagh would be a bigger shock than Tories win another term.
BUT, so many seats in N.I will be absolute theatre...
can the DUP leader hold on to his seat?
what effect will the Irish Sea border have?
Can the SDLP hold Derry.. if it doesn't they'll need a new leader and the party is as good as finished.
Will the winning margin in Fermanagh/South Tyrone be in single digits again after 3 recounts.
I loathe politicians but I love elections!!
Berkeley, Glos. 9:45am my father was the tenth person through the door.
ETA: Already had door knockers at 11am asking if we had voted. We were out so I'm sure they will be back this evening as they were with the local elections. They will have to fight through the sprinkler on the front lawn this time though
ETA: Already had door knockers at 11am asking if we had voted. We were out so I'm sure they will be back this evening as they were with the local elections. They will have to fight through the sprinkler on the front lawn this time though
Edited by Sixpackpert on Thursday 4th July 12:56
They never are in my experience, there are around 40,000 of them. In 2019 about 32 million people voted, about 25% are expected to be postal votes this year meaning that about 24 million will vote in person. That's around 600 people per polling station, albeit there will be a big spread. The maximum a polling any one station will have allocated is 2,250 people, but remember that but not all of those will vote and many will use postal votes.
In Manchester city centre it would not surprise me if the middle of the day is quiet, but the morning and evening are busy. That's because you vote where you live, not where you work.
In Manchester city centre it would not surprise me if the middle of the day is quiet, but the morning and evening are busy. That's because you vote where you live, not where you work.
FWIW mine was very empty indeed. The political parties’ representatives hadn’t even bothered arriving yet. “Lines through names” were very thin on the ground.
For context the polling station was inside a school (that, as it should be, is operating as normal today) and my visit was at school dropping off time.
Constituency in outer London that will likely switch from Blue to Orange. In honesty it’s anyone’s guess as I expect the Conservative vote to collapse and the Labour vote to grow massively. So I suspect it’s a four horse race with Reform the least likely to pip the others to the post.
The result is nearly a small bit interesting.
For context the polling station was inside a school (that, as it should be, is operating as normal today) and my visit was at school dropping off time.
Constituency in outer London that will likely switch from Blue to Orange. In honesty it’s anyone’s guess as I expect the Conservative vote to collapse and the Labour vote to grow massively. So I suspect it’s a four horse race with Reform the least likely to pip the others to the post.
The result is nearly a small bit interesting.
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