It’s General Election day! Every polling station across the country is open today from 7am to 10pm. If you’re at the polling station by 10pm you should be allowed to vote, even if there is a queue.
You will have received your polling card through your door which details which polling station near you you have to visit. It could be a local school or community centre.
For Blantyre these are:
TACT Hall, Coatshill
Springwells Neighbourhood Hall
High Blantyre Hall on Cemetery Road
High Blantyre Primary School
St Blanes Primary School
St Joseph’s Primary School
Auchinraith Primary School
(Calderside Academy and David Livingstone Memorial Primary are open as usual)
If you have not received your card and know you are registered to vote you can look online on your local authorities website to find out.
All votes will be counted on the night and results roll in overnight and the winner, or whether it’s a hung parliament, is usually known by about 5am. If it’s a hung parliament expect bartering and horse-trading in an attempt to form a government.
Good luck to ALL the candidates.
