Voting in the UK general election is under way at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n
Polls opened at 07:00 BST on Thursday, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST.<\/p>\n
A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million people registered to vote.<\/p>\n
That is up from the last general election, in 2015, when there were 46.4 million registered voters.<\/p>\n
Latest updates<\/p>\n
Guide: How to vote<\/p>\n
Find your constituency and candidates<\/p>\n
What CAN’T you do in a polling station?<\/p>\n
Manifesto guide on where the parties stand<\/p>\n
How to follow results night and what to watch for<\/p>\n
Some votes have already been cast, through postal voting, which accounted for 16.4% of the total electorate at the 2015 general election. People with an undelivered postal vote can still deliver it by hand to their local polling station.<\/p>\n
Overall turnout in 2015, when the Conservatives won 331 out of 650 seats, was 66.4%, up from 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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