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The Prime Minister and his fiancée put on a united front as they cast their ballots at a polling station today amid the dramatic fallout from their lavish flat refurbishment.  Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds walked arm in arm to the Methodist Central Hall in London as the crucial set of elections got underway n Super Thursday. The couple smiled and waved for the cameras, as they come under intensifying scrutiny over the £58,000 refit of their Downing Street residence.  Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds arrive to cast their vote at Methodist Central Hall, central London The...

It’s election day with a difference as polling stations operate under coronavirus restrictions across Great Britain. On what has been dubbed Super Thursday, polling stations opened at 7am in the largest test of political opinion outside a general election, with the future of the Labour Party and the state of the Union among the issues at play. But there were still many familiar sights, with party leaders posing for pictures after they voted and plenty of #dogsatpollingstations photos to brighten up social media. Signs warned voters to wear masks – and that selfies were not permitted (Andr...

Super Thursday: Britons vote in a bumper crop of elections By PAN PYLASMay 6, 2021 GMT LONDON (AP) — Millions of British voters were casting ballots Thursday in local and regional elections, and the choices of Scottish voters in particular could have huge repercussions for the future of the United Kingdom. On what has been dubbed Super Thursday, around 50 million voters were eligible to take part in scores of elections, some of which had been postponed a year because of the pandemic that has left the U.K. with Europe’s largest coronavirus death toll. At stake is the make-up of devolved go...

In pictures: Party leaders cast their votes in Holyrood election By The Sunday Post Updated: May 6, 2021, 11:33 am © Jane Barlow/PA Wire Scottish Labour party leader Anas Sarwar, with wife Furheen and son Ailyan, arrives to deliver his postal vote at Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The leaders of Scotland’s political parties are heading to the polls to cast their own votes in the Scottish Parliament election. ...

First published on Thu 6 May 2021 11.40 EDT Keir Starmer thanked Labour activists for calling as many as 1.7 million voters in recent weeks, as his team braced themselves for a challenging weekend after polls closed in the UK’s first major elections to be held during the pandemic. Party sources were downbeat about their prospects of holding Hartlepool in a crucial byelection, with activists reporting low turnout in Labour-voting areas. “It’s going to be a very, very difficult night,” said one party strategist, adding that Starmer would “take it on the chin” if the seat is lost for...