General feeling upon arriving in the polling station was a sense of privilege and luck in which we can vote in such a safe and stable place where my vote will count and that there's no scandals or tomfoolery like in recent elections in Iraq and Zimbabwe. I do not agree with any of the parties in power or 'the big 3', however we are so lucky to have a voice.
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A poster seen on a billboard in Leeds during the 2010 election campaign. It originally read "Lets Scrap ID Cards" before being defaced. I guess advertising people need to be more alert to the creative genius of the general public when planning their campaigns!
David Cameron and Nick Clegg outside number 10. Yorkshire.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. The conservative candidate drives past.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Relaxing back at party HQ.
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Voting for myself, (a fairly hard choice between me and someone else but eventually after much soul searching and deliberation I decided to vote for 'Me') Lockleaze - Bristol NorthWest
Anti-Tory poster, Bricklane London
'Right Turn Ahead?' Seen in North Devon - BEFORE the election
'Which way now?' Seen in North Devon - BEFORE the election
A truly 'green' polling station
Marxist tree in Fleet Street
Danny Alexander is besieged by the press during the coalition negotiations
Campaign posters near King's College London
Polling Station in Blackheath Standard, central London - indicating the value of your vote?
Vote for Matt cuthbert, Independent Harringay Ward, Harringay Passage, London, 06 May 2010.
Tierney Road polling station, Streatham Hill, London, 06 May 2010.
Good Morning, Streatham Hill, London, 06 May 2010.
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
Alistair Darling being interviewed on College Green in London post election.
Vince Cable with aide walking to the Liberal Democrats HQ on Cowley Street in London.
Vince Cable with aide walking to the Liberal Democrats HQ on Cowley Street in London.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Candidates and their staff watch the retults on TV at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Journalists in the press room at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Candidates and their staff watch the retults on TV at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Salford verified the city council election votes on the night, counting and declaring the results the following day.
Media interest on the night spanned the national, regional and local outlets, with live coverage by the major national broadcasters.
Counters had a busy night at Salford with the last result declared just after 5am on Friday morning.
5.05am - Salford declares the second and last parliamentary results.
Salford chief executive Barbara Spicer at the media launch of the Make Your Mark campaign.
Salford's campaign to encourage voter participation used an X-shaped cross in the council's corporate colour as the central visual identity. A giant version was produced and used at the media launch of the campaign.
X marked the spot in Salford. Following the city council campaign, the equivalent of an extra 52,000 votes were cast in its election.
Twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker, from Irlam were first-time voters on May 6. They turned 18 on May 1.
Identical twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker from Irlam, helped launch Salford's Make Your Mark campaign to increase the number of registered voters and turnout. The twins turned 18 on May 1. Salford City Council chief executive and returning officer Barbara Spicer.
Turnout at Salford was up by 25 per cent in the city elections and by around seven per cent in the general election following the city council's campaign.
There were 90 counters at the Salford result looking after two parliamentary seats and 20 city council wards.
The sports hall at Buile Hill Visual Arts College given a temporary floor and special staging to accommodate the Salford count.
Counters in the Make Your Mark campaign T-shirts.
Counters worked their way through 150 ballot boxes on the night.
Some of the Salford counting team.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall. Supporters of the "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, wait anxiously for results to come in (Bailey lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter). 6th May 2010.
Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, waits anxiously for results to come in (he lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter) at the Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall. 6th May 2010.
Identical twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker from Irlam, helped launch Salford's Make Your Mark campaign to increase the number of registered voters and turnout. The twins turned 18 on May 1.
The Salford count.
Counters at Salford sported branded T-shirts from the city council's Make Your Mark campaign, aimed at increasing voter registration and participation.
There were more postal votes in Salford than ever before, almost 75,000.
Salford counters. As well as branded T-shirts for public-facing staff, the Make Your Mark campaign used SMS and Bluetooth to target potential voters and reminding them to take part on May 6.
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The rally and later demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government were in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party.
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government (and the earlier rally in Trafalgar Square) was in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party. Demonstrators chanted 'we want to see Nick', aiming to get the attention of the Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg's attention and support. They were successful on both counts.
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government (and the earlier rally in Trafalgar Square) was in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party. Demonstrators chanted 'we want to see Nick', aiming to get the attention of the Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg's attention and support. They were successful on both counts.
England Needs Money?
hung parliament, or knitted? ....don't waste your vote.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
better red than.....
item placed on bank wall during election.
Westminster in Repair
Outside my local polling station in South Wootton, Norfolk.
About to cast my vote. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
Casting my vote. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
The ballot box. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
Outside my local polling station in South Wootton, Norfolk.
At the count. Ballot boxes waiting.
The doubtful papers tray . . .
An essential part of counting votes - rubber bands.
Photographers and broadcasters outside Number 10, 7 May 2010, Crown copyright
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, the newly installed Prime Minister, David Cameron, pledged to “work hard for the common good and the national interest”, 11 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister, David Cameron (Conservative Party) and Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister (Liberal Democrat), wave to the media outside 10 Downing Street, 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during their first joint press conference. 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during their first joint press conference, 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
The Cabinet room prepared for the first coalition Cabinet meeting on 13 May 2010, Crown copyright.
The Cabinet room prepared for the first coalition Cabinet meeting on 13 May 2010, Crown copyright.
Following his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg arrrives for a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. 12 May 2010, Crown copyright.
Banks of photographers wait for the leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha to arrive at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. You can also spot Simon Roberts, the election artist, on the roof of his motorhome in the background. 6 May 2010
Doorknocking with Julie Elliott in Sunderland Central
Doorknocking with Julie Elliott in Sunderland Central
Gordon Browns visit to Sunderland . . just days before polling day.
During Gordon Browns visit to Sunderland . . just days before polling day.
Gordon Brown (miked up) whilst on a visit to Sunderland
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Randhawa and Labour.
ELECTION 2010: Behind all the big talk, promises... the masks...aren't they all the same really?? Some might say clones of each other! Sums up what I was trying to say with these Lego Star Wars Clones & using masks ( from the BBC ), to show that are all the same really. Strange how that now we have a coalition that both LibDems & Conservatives have had to comprise & become similar. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: The three major parties asking... for the public to vote for them...something doesn't seem quite right anymore....Used by the BBC News Magazine. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: Dreams Don't Always Come True - "What we have seen are no ordinary election results," the prime minister told reporters in Downing Street. Source: BBC News Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
Based upon my previous photos. A friend from South Africa who was voting for the first time thought that voting for our local LibDem candidate Vince Cable would help to make him President.
ELECTION 2010: Still not there yet... ...looks like it's going to be a hung parliament. I wonder what kind of shots I could do with that. Used by the BBC News Magazine. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: On closer inspection...the disturbing truth is revealed !!! Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
William Hague and George Osborne talking to press outside the cabinet office during coalition talks after the general election.
Image taken during the election TV leaders debates.
Image taken during the election TV leaders debates.
Images of the three party leaders captured during the leaders debates on TV.
David Cameron facemask.
Discussing the election results as they come in.
Gordon Brown's constituency result being announced.
Watching the results programme.
Gordon Brown delivers his (constituency) victory speech as Sarah looks on.
The Conservative candidate campaigning in Highbury.
Polling station preparations Bournemouth East, General election day,6 May 2010
Conservative election poster near Dorchester, May 2010
Hung Parliament - Nick Clegg comes out and the photographers go mad. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - David Laws. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - This guy made sure he was in shot every time a film crew interviewed someone! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - A group of photographers review their shots. There some some serious kit floating around! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - Cowley Street offices. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - The only person around who didn't think PR was a good idea! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - Billy Bragg waiting to be interviewed. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - A protestor holds a sign, which reads "Seriously, what's going on?? This is NOT the parliament we voted for. I am very, very angry." There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
“David Cameron – David Chameleon” Created by Dick Jones, from photographs by Sebastian Niedlich and Manwiddicombe.
Vote Green, created by graffiti artist T.WAT, in Hackney, London.
Weymouth and portland
Weymouth and portland
Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland
WEYMOUTH
ROTHERHAM
Godolphin, Cornwall
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Baptist Church Newbury Commission representative photo
Baptist Church Newbury Commission representative photo
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south somerset polling stations
Weymouth elite hair polling station
Weymouth south scout hut
Nick Clegg's visit to Sheffield during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. Clegg was joined by Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central Paul Scriven (he failed to be elected). 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Liberal Democrat supporters wait for Nick Clegg during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Liberal Democrat supporters wait for Nick Clegg during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Retiring MP Richard Caborn, Sheffield Central constituency, running in the Sheffield Half Marathon.
Rod Rodgers, Independent prospective parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Central just about to address the Black and Ethnic Minority Network Q&A Session at St Mary's Church, Sheffield.
"Never Lose" - Adam Boulton, Sky News's political editor, discussing the Labour leadership contest outside Number 10 Downing Street, seen from the barbers chair.
Framed newspaper in a Soho pub
At the vote count in the Lower Guild Hall, Plymouth.
(From right to left) Judy Evans, Linda Gilroy and Oliver Colville, candidates for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport. Waiting for the live broadcast of The Politics Show to begin.
A sign of the election deep in rural Devon; a fitting, unchanging setting for Conservativism.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Tory campaign poster in Plymouth.
Tory campaign poster in Launceston.
David Cameron poster that had been defaced.
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James Morton a reporter from the Daily Echo, is checking his notes after interviewing Annette Brooke for the Lib Dems at the General Election in Poole.
Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
Nick Clegg
Doorway to coalition. No 10, London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Anna Lynch and Kabir Ahmed - Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Anna Lynch, Kabir Ahmed and Abdul Chunu, CBE - Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Oona King and Cllr Marc Francis at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Oona King and Cllr Marc Francis at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Ed Miliband at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
Walpole Ward in Ealing. Labour cndidate and blogger, Rupa Huq, is in the foreground with parliamentary candidate Bassam Mahfouz. London.
Labour party activists campaigning in Ealing. London.
Three Labour candidates for St Katherine’s & Wapping ward - Denise Jones, Michael Keith and Shafiqual Haque - greet a voter on his doorstep. London.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
PPC Michelle Donelan and PPC in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Conservative PPC (and Cllr) Lynda Donaldson in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan and PPC (and Cllr) Lynda Donaldson in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency), Cllr Martyn Parker and PPC Michelle Donelan (Wentworth and Dearne constituency).
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency) and Cllr Martyn Parker.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan (Wentworth and Dearne constituency). She finished in second place with more than 7,000 votes. John Healey, a Housing Minister in Gordon Brown's Government, held the seat with a majority of almost 14,000.
Ex Labour housing Minister John Healey giving his acceptance speech. Healey held the Wentworth and Dearne constituency with a majority of almost 14,000.
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency) with Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan in the constituency of Wentworth and Dearne.
A member of Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan's (Wentworth and Dearne constituency) campaign team.
Martin McAuley, at 19-years-old, is the youngest ever candidate to stand for election in Westminster. He is a Queen’s University law student standing in North Belfast. N Ireland. (I took the portrait of him that features on his campaign poster!)
Election poster for the SDLP candidate Alex Atwood is ignored. Belfast, N Ireland.
3 crosses for Peter Robinson (DUP), Belfast, N Ireland.
3 of the South Belfast Constituency candidates' election posters, N Ireland.
Election posters outside the Ulster Unionist East Belfast constituency Office and the Orange Hall, N Ireland.
SDLP election posters in South Belfast, N Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in East Belfast, N Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in East Belfast, N Ireland.
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Alyson O'Connell, PPC for the Socialist Labour Party gives a member of Dai Davies' campaign team one a leaflet while canvassing on the high street in Ebbw Vale. Dai Davies was running as an Independent. The seat was orginally lost to the independent party set up by late MP and AM Peter Law in 2005 after an internal row. After his death in 2006, Mr Law's agent Dai Davies was returned to Westminster. But the voters in this seat, which used to be the safest Labour Westminster seat in Wales, returned to the fold on Thursday and elected new MP Nick Smith.
Liberal Democrat Ian Swale campaigning on the streets of Redcar, while being photographed by Election Artist Simon Roberts (whose on the roof of the motohome). Swales won the Redcar constituency and is the first non-Labour MP to represent the seat. It's been in Labour hands since it was created in 1974, and in the last 36 years has only had three MPs. Swales won with a majority of 5,214 after a swing of nearly 22% from Labour's Vera Baird. The most high profile issue in the constituency in the run up to the General Election has been the mothballing of the Corus steel plant. Vera Baird was heavily involved in the campaign to save Corus but there was criticism of the Government for not stepping in.
Silk Mill rally leaves the centre of Derby on Saturday 1st May. The rally was lead by Derek Simpson, national joint secretary of the Unite union, and he was joined by former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, as well as Derby South MP Margaret Beckett and prospective parliamentary candidate and city Labour leader Chris Williamson. The march marks the time, 176 years ago, that workers battling for better conditions were locked out of the former mill. Trade unionists and political party members march from the Market Place to the Silk Mill, in Full Street.
Josh Timminds (17) wears a rosette for the Monster Raving Loony Party. Timminds is a pupil at Royal Latin Grammar School in Buckingham and was taking part in a mock election. Here he stands outside the UKIP headquarters of Nigel Farage during his lunch hour. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Josh Timminds (17) wears a rosette for the Monster Raving Loony Party. Timminds is a pupil at Royal Latin Grammar School in Buckingham and was taking part in a mock election. Here he stands outside the UKIP headquarters of Nigel Farage during his lunch hour. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Flipper the dolphin helps campaign on the streets of Buckingham on behalf of John Stevens, the independent candidate. The idea behind the mascot was to highlight the fact that Speaker John Bercow was a “flipper” in the expenses crisis. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to UKIP Nigel Farage's attempt to unseat Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Ann Treneman, journalist for The Times, interviews UKIP candidate Nigel Farage in a pub in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
A member of Nigel Farage's UKIP campaign team (wearing the rosette) goes door-knocking in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Nigel Farage (carrying campaign placards) and members of his UKIP campaign team goes door-knocking in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
A Sinn Fein poster outside the Mount Pottinger PSNI Station in the Nationalist Short Strand area of East Belfast. The station was closed a couple of months ago but the paint splatters were there long before it closed. Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in Belfast - a health and safety hazard? Northern Ireland.
Poster for Ian Paisley Junior, DUP, North Antrim on a roundabout north of Belfast. The graffitti reads 'Sell Out'.
A limited number of these posters appeared on Election day. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
A campaign poster in Belfast for David Vance, of the Traditional Unionist Voice party, with anti Trident sticker. Vance is the one man who would be very supportive of Trident being what could only be described as a political dinosaur wishing for Northern Ireland to return to 1974.
Bumpy road ahead as Spratt failed to gain his seat in the election having been seen or perceived to have played the sectarian card in his election campaign. Jimmy Spratt is a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein and SDLP candidates on a Unionist Poster!! Because Sinn Fein pulled out of the South Belfast constituency (in the hope that the SDLP would do the same in Fermanagh and South Tyrone which they didn't) the Unionists thought they could portray the moderate Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) and the more hard line Sinn Fein as bedfellows. The posters appeared the night before the election and are as far as i know currently being investigated as possibly being a falsehood stating that the SF & SDLP have unified when they haven't. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein and SDLP candidates on a Unionist Poster!! Because Sinn Fein pulled out of the South Belfast constituency (in the hope that the SDLP would do the same in Fermanagh and South Tyrone which they didn't) the Unionists thought they could portray the moderate Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) and the more hard line Sinn Fein as bedfellows. The posters appeared the night before the election and are as far as i know currently being investigated as possibly being a falsehood stating that the SF & SDLP have unified when they haven't. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Election campaign posters in the constituency of Belfast East for Trevor England (Conservatives and Unionists), David Vance (Traditional Unionist Voice) and Naomi Long (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland). Long's poster reads "Yes, she can!" in a nod to Barrack Obama's campaign slogan. And she did, dramatically ousting the 31 year incumbent Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party). Northern Ireland.
The Conservative and Unionist alliance didn't win any seats to the Westminster, despite their high profile campaign including several billboard posters like this one in Belfast. Northern Ireland.
Campaign poster for Jimmy Spratt, a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, Northern Ireland. He failed to gain his seat in the election having been seen or perceived to have played the sectarian card in his election campaign.
High Street Inverness. (Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey)
ladies toilets Hare and Hounds Kings Heath Birmingham, UK - where everything is red!
Two teenage girls are made to wait while their mum chats with Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Two teenage girls are made to wait while their mum chats with Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Councillor Abjol Miah, leader of the Tower Hamlets, and Respect candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, campaigning in Whitechapel Market.
A Respect Party campaigner gives out leaflets in Brick Lane wearing a Tony Blair mask. Respect was born off the anti-war movement; no one seems to have told them that Blair is no longer in.
Today Jack Straw holds another "Soap Box" talks in Blackburn Lancashire. Jack talking about local and government policies for the up-coming local and general election. Upon completing the talks, Jack meets and greets the local people from Blackburn. Jack showing his loving and caring side, but welcoming local votes to have a one-to-one chats.
With the general election in full swing, Jack Straw returns to his roots, and the Soap Box talks to which he holds in Blackburn town centre. This Soap Box talks give the members of the public to ask question, and pose their views about the local and general politics. A close up shot of Jack Straw showing is passion in answering one of the questions put to him by a member of the public, asking about local government policies. Jack not holding back on showing how passionate his is about his political views and ideas.
On Mr Jack Straw holding his Soap Box talks in Blackburn town centre on the 1st May 2010. A member of the public who previously was a Labour Voter expressed is views that he would not longer be voting for the Labour Party. And in doing so, hands back his pelage card to Mr Jack Straw.
Grace Astley, a local independence candidate holding her own "Soap Box" talk in object to Mr Jack Straw not answering her questions about documents sent to him. After challenging Mr Jack Straw about these documents, so on leaving from where Mr Jack Straw was holding his Soap Box talks. Grace setups her own Soap Box to put her own views forward.
Mr Jack Straw faced a challenge from a member of public whilst holding is "Soap Box" talks in Blackburn town centre with a week to go on the General Election on the 6th May 2010. The member of the public clearly showing his disappointment in the handling of Blackburn Town Centre, and the decline on businesses and shops in the centre.
Mr Jack Straw holds a Soap Box talk in Blackburn town centre Lancashire on the 17th April 2010. With the General Election 2010 in full swing, Mr Jack Straw faces a challenge from the Conservatives Party's Ann Law-Riding about the Labour Party's policies.
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Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, signs a 'Contract with the voters' at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. I was the official school photographer on the day.
Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, addresses pupils at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. The students were taking part in a mock hustings. I was the official school photographer on the day.
Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, addresses pupils at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. The students were taking part in a mock hustings. I was the official school photographer on the day.
Lord Mandelson at the beginning of Labour last days. Many friends gathered in Manchester to watch the event.
Liberal Democrat posters, Ceredigion
A group of people watching the news while waiting for the Results of the General Election in Poole.
A group of Lib Dems having a laugh while waiting for the Results of the Count in the General Election in Poole.
Aberystwyth town centre during the election campaign
Anon (The anonymous Bath candidate who refuses reveal his identity) explains to voters he will not be answering questions in any formal way.
(The anonymous Bath candidate who refuses reveal his identity) Changes his status on his plaque.
A voter congratulates an independent candidate in Bath
Voter's poster in Bath.
Voter's poster in Bath.
Voter's poster in Bath.
Late voters at a polling station in Bath
Candidates enjoy a light lunch be for questions from eager voters. Bath
Bath candidates await questions. Bath
It's all too much for UKIP Bath Candidate Ernie.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who will not reveal his identity and wants a jury style Parliament) waits to enter the discussion hall.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who refuses to reveal his identity) awaits questions from the voters.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who refuses to reveal his identity) shakes hands with the conservative hopeful.
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Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
The MAG (Motor Cycle Action Group) Political Rally, Humber Bridge. Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK 1/05/2010 - Graham Stuart MP with a voter who dyed his beard in support.
Ballot counting night, Beverley & Holderness constituency, Beverley Leisure Centre, 6/05/2010
Ballot counting night, Beverley & Holderness constituency, Beverley Leisure Centre, 6/05/2010
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Polling station - Hope Chapel, Reddings Road, Birmingham. 6th May 2010.
Polling station - Hope Chapel, Reddings Road, Birmingham. 6th May 2010.
Sky news show particular interest in the Rochdale count this year! (Where Gillian Duffy lives, although Labour retained the seat).
The count in Rochdale - Out of the media glare, thousands of ordinary people make the elections happen. (Gillian Duffy, who tackled Gordon Brown during his infamous visit Rochdale, lives in the constituency, which Labour retained the seat).
BNP campaign literature in the drain. Stourbridge, West Midlands : day after the election.
Polling station : Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Getting ready
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. The first voter.
"Adrian Collete to Win", Derby Green, Aldershot
A member of John Bercow's campaign team in Buckingham. Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
A sign in the window of a house of a very enthusiastic supporter in Buckingham! John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
A sign in the window of John Bercow's campaign office in Buckingham. Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
Cllr Pearl Lewis in Buckingham with John Bercow, the Commons Speaker. Bercow retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
Queue outside a polling station in Emerson Valley in Milton Keynes. Mark Lancaster won the seat. 6th May 2010.
The Buckingham constituency count held at the Aylesbury Civic Centre. John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 6th May 2010.
Party workers at the Rochdale count.
This is a poster of a neaby Church in Beflast which always has chirstina gospel messages which are socially relevant ish. I missed gettign the picture form the actual election week, which said something like 'Jesus made his x count'. I went to shoot it on Tuesday evening and it had been replaced already by this poster .... with referecne to coalition. At least there is some social engagement going within this church. Many churches either are either totally disengaged from social realities or go to the other extreme and tell or suggest people how to vote ...
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Taking advantage or confusion? Multiple x's.
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This is me 2am in the morning, photographing myself through the mirror, while waiting for the results of the General Election in Poole.
The morning after the night before that never was - 7th May. This is the outside of the Tory HQ on Millbank where a victorious Tory leader was due to greet wellwishers, instead they woke up to a hung parliament.
On the sofa in the early hours of morning on 7th May watching the election results come in.
Will it be a green or red light for David Cameron? Looking like amber ie. a hung parliament.
A sign put up by protestors on Parliament Green which reads 'Hang Parliament for war crimes'.
Tourists looking at a statue of Winston Churchill on Parliament Green. In the background a mobile billboard for the Take Back Parliament movement drives past with the words 'No more stolen elections. Fair votes now!'. Take Back Parliament brings together a coalition of different groups and organisations in the call for fair votes. They include POWER2010, Unlock Democracy. Electoral Reform Society and Vote for a Change.
A mobile billboard for the Take Back Parliament movement drives past the Houses of Parliament with the words 'No more stolen elections. Fair votes now!'. Take Back Parliament brings together a coalition of different groups and organisations in the call for fair votes. They include POWER2010, Unlock Democracy. Electoral Reform Society and Vote for a Change.
A runner passes a campaign poster for 'no to bike parking tax', which was put outside the Tory HQ on Millbank.
A sign on the door to the GenEVA Room in Conservative Central Office. The GenEVA project is a state-of-the art canvassing studio run during the campaign by the London Conservative Future activists. The studio houses dozens of volunteer teams who are on the phones working hard to help candidates in London and beyond to get their messages out to voters, particularly those in marginal seats. The studio is based in Millbank Tower, which ironically was where the Labour party ran its 1997 General Election campaign from!
There was another very important event taking place on the 6th May near where I live in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, it's the start of the car boot season! 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
Redditch (where Jacqui Smith lost)
Redditch (where Jacqui Smith lost)
BBC News, College Green.
Pig on a lead, College Green.
Huw Edwards shortly before a broadcast, College Green.
Huw Edwards, College Green.
David Miliband informs the press of his plans to stand for the Labour leadership, Palace of Westminster.
Polling Station - Gladiator Sports & Social Club, Percy Street, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Thame Distrist Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - St Anthony of Pauda RC Church, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - St Anthony of Pauda RC Church, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Victoria Road, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Election count for the constituency's of Westminster North and Cities of London and Wesminster at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, Victoria. 7th May 2010.
Candidates Mad Cap'N Tom (Independent) and David Rowntreet (Labour Party and Blur drummer) at the election count for the constituency of Cities of London and Wesminster held at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, Victoria. 7th May 2010.
Annette Brookes is celebrating with her colleagues at the General Election for winning the most votes for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
A couple of Cllrs chilling out while waiting for the results of the General Election.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
Votes of the four candidates for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Votes for the Candidate Mrs Annette Brookes for Mid Dorset and North Poole which was held at the Lighthouse.
Robert Symns won the most votes for Poole in the General Election.
New Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
New Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
Cameron & the Queen (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
Someone's not happy with the result. See the women in the middle of the TV frame pointing her thumbs down as David Cameron pulls into No 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
Ian Paisley Snr in his son's campaign car (Paisley Jnr was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, where his father had recently stood down as MP). Paisley can be seen signing a bible for a local resident in Ballymena, County Antrim. 3rd May 2010.
The campaign car, with loud speakers, for Ian Paisley Jnr who was running for the DUP in North Antrim, a seat where his father (Ian Paisley Snr) had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Ian Paisley Snr and Jnr campaigning together in Ballymena. Paisley Jnr was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, where his father had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Ian Paisley Jnr posing for a local press photographer. Paisley was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, a seat where his father (Ian Paisley Snr) had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Now that the election is finally over, and if the calendar in the Morley Labour campaign office is anything to go by, Ed Balls will be sleeping for the next few days. Time to think about whether to run for leader of the Labour Party!
Under close supervision of party workers, volunteers sort, verify and count the votes in Rochdale Town Hall.
The count at Rochdale Town Hall.
Emptying ballot boxes for the counters to verify and count the votes. These are from the Healey ward, home of Gillian Duffy.
Counting votes from Healey ward in Rochdale where Gillian Duffy lives.
Can I have your attention please... Counting is over at Rochdale Town Hall.
Naomi Long MP Electoral Animation - full video available at http://www.youtube.com/user/AlliancePartyNI
A Sky News Alert this morning at 08.05am 'Nick Clegg expected to leave South West London home shortly'. Is this really news? 12th May 2010.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
Ian Parsley (Conservative/ Unionist PPC) and Sylvia Hermon (Independent Candidate), North Down.
Alliance Party, Belfast West - "Respect Works, Bigotry Costs".
Sinn Fein poster, Belfast West - "Leadership: Peace, Equality, Jobs, Unity".
United Independent Hunger Strike Commermoration march past a mural of Bobby Sands and a Sinn Fein poster featuring Gerry Adams, Falls Road. Belfast.
Ian Parsley (Conservative/ Unionist PPC) poster, Hollywood, North Down.
"Who Cares - Vote Hector" poster, Hollywood, North Down.
Various political posters on a lampost in the centre of Hollywood, North Down, on May Day.
A political poster in Ballymena for Ian Paisley JNR, the DUP'S Westminster candidate, North Antrim. It is supposedly the largest political campaign poster in the UK.
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
Is this a valid vote? Maybe only in Scotland...
Student banner unfurled on the steps of Sheffield City Hall during a Lib-Dem rally on the eve of the election.
Democracy at the polling station, a dog gets when lots of others cannot.
Dismantled Conservative banner in farmers field, North Leeds, who did it? only the sheep know.
Jogging past Cameron. Vandalised poster. North Leeds.
In a very quite neighbourhood, everyone in Kingcup Close woke up to a Good Morning newsletter from the Lib Dems on the Day of the General Election.
A discarded campaign leaflet for the Labour party which reads "When the Tories were in government, they stole your milk..."
Votes of the General Election.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
The General Election in Poole.
The General Election were held in Poole at the Lighthouse in Dorset.
6.30am May 6th: Peter Hodgkinson prepares his home in a village near Rochdale for use as a polling station.
Shortly after 10pm, ballot boxes arrive at Rochdale Town Hall.
As ballot boxes arrive runners take them up to the Great Hall in Rochdale Town Hall.
Returning officer for Rochdale checks rejected votes.
Scrutiny and openness make UK elections what they are.
A close result is explained to candidates.
Protestors outside Houses of Parliament on the 1st of May.
Protestors outside Houses of Parliament on the 1st of May set up a noose - somewhat timely given the election outcome of a Hung Parliament!
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Weslyan Methodist Church Hall, New Inn Hall St, Oxford.
Campaign literature for Nicola Blackwood, Conservative PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
Campaign literature issued by the Young Britons' Foundation warning against the risks of a Hung Parliament.
Campaign poster for Nicola Blackwood, Conservative PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
Campaign literature for Chris Goodall, Green Party PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
Polling station in Kennington (near Oxford).
Hustings at Humber Bridge car park organised by the Motorcycle Action Group's 'Riders are Voters' campaign. Denis Healey explains how he understands the concerns of the motorcyclists gathered before him as he once owned a small moped.
Microphones ready for a hustings at the Humber Bridge car park organised by the Motorcycle Action Group's 'Riders are Voters' campaign. Graham Stuart (Con), Diana Johnston (Lab) and Denis Healey (Lib-Dem) answered questions on transport and motorcycling issues posed by a crowd of over 400 motorcyclists.
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Vates for Dogs! Yateley The Tythings Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
The main party leaders in a clothes shop in Ladbroke Grove.
Parliament Square: - There are a couple of protests on the grass in the middle of Parliament Square, right opposite the Houses of Parliament. You can’t get to talk to the protesters as they are cut off by four lanes of manic traffic. There is no obvious pedestrian crossing to get to them. Some people think that the government has never told us the truth about Iraq (or Afghanistan). They say the government won’t even tell us what the civilian death toll has been. The protesters have a banner which says 2,000,000 dead, 4,000,000 fled. Unbelievable - but probably true. I’m sure if the figures weren't right someone would have made them take them down. That’s free speech for you. You need good eyesight to see the placard though.
Floating Voter: - this is my friend Chris Tunnicliffe on holiday in Cyprus a year or so ago. We wasn't sure who to vote for in the last election. He was a floating voter.
Outside the British Council offices just off the Mall in London near Admiralty Arch is a statue by Barry Flanagan called “Large Mirror Nijinski” dated 1992. It represents two hares on columns, fighting. Barry made the hares almost identical and emphasised their athletic gestures (like Nijinski who used to defy gravity). The more I look at the hares the more I think they are two almost identical politicians, constantly fighting, for no apparent reason. All the action takes place over our heads, ignored by everyone (mostly foreign tourists hereabouts). Barry needs to make a third hare now.
County Hall, London - a democratic fun fare: - I tried hard to photograph the run-up to the election but there was little sign of it. The action wasn't on the streets, doorsteps or in shopping malls, it was going straight into people’s living rooms via their televisions. Then I passed London's County Hall. London was one of the world's premier cities. This was its seat of democracy, but a few years ago someone in Westminster decided that London didn’t need a democracy. They turned County Hall into a fun fare. They sell tickets for the London Eye there. It has the “Death Trap” (you can go inside and get the fright of your life, apparently) and several food outlets, including a Japanese restaurant that even has its name spelt the French way. Does it still have an aquarium, a hotel and a modern art galley? I think if you turn democratic institutions into fun fares you must expect voters to be antagonistic and disenchanted.
Bet-hedging in Streatham
I doubled the national debt.
Phoenix from the Flames We will rise together
View into the Lib Dem's campaign office in St Leonards on Sea with the reassuring notice that bric-a-brac is still on offer through the campaign but has been moved downstairs until after the election. We look forward to its return to the ground floor.
The sun sets over Brixton's Streatham Borough Polling Station
Between the tupperware and the tissues, the election day papers have their final shameless attempt at influencing voters
Defaced Conservative Party poster, Newton Heath, Manchester. Whoever defaced it didn't think much of the Labour Party either.
Graffiti suggesting that Mr Cameron may be like one of his predecessors.
Conservative MP Alan Duncan records his blog at the launch of the Conservative manifesto in the East Midlands at Nottingham.
Not all Polling Stations were too busy to cope!
Shop Window Brighton. 8th May 2010. The South Coast constituency of Brighton Pavilion was the first ever constituency where all four parties with a chance of winning fielded women only candidates. It was won by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party.
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Good morning, Streatham Hill, London, 2010.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Turnout: 48578 (65%). Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Tellers at St Mary's church Southgate, Crawley - labour super marginal
Polling day, Crawley super marginal
At St Mary's Church, Crawley - Tellers at work
Outside St Mary's polling station, Southgate, Crawley
t St Mary's Church polling station, Crawley
Henry Road polling station Slough
Henry Road polling station Slough
The Centre, Polling station and Count centre Slough
Godolphin Junior School polling station Slough
Godolphin Junior School polling station Slough
Leader cupcakes photographed on a stall at Oval Farmers' Market.
All around the UK, People from various organsiations were protesting for an new Electoral Reform. I was invited to come along in the Bournemouth area.
Hugo Swire - MP for East Devon at a public meeting during the election campaign.
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Does Edward Dawson know something that the Lib Dem representative doesn't? (Con hold)
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Caroline Lucas makes History in Brighton Pavilion, becoming the first Green Party MP. 7th May 2010.
Caroline Lucas makes History in Brighton Pavilion, becoming the first Green Party MP. 7th May 2010.
I have attached a photo of me counting the votes for the Central Constituency in Sheffield last night. I think it must have been taken about half way through the count. The vote was really close between the Lib Dems and Labour (16973 versus 17138) so close in fact that I didn't leave until 7am this morning and haven't got to bed yet!!! The weird thing is, the photo was actually taken by a Swiss Newspaper. I think it must have been taken about half way through the count. I only found out today because I work in a Language College and one of the foreign language assistants is Swiss and was keeping up to date about the election last night via his country's newspapers. He got a bit of a shock when he saw me in his home paper.
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Stephen Pound is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ealing North since 1997. He won again on 6th May 2010.
A BNP campaign leaflet disposed of in a rubbish sack.
A Labour party volunteer outside a polling station checking voters polling number.
A Conservative Party campaign leaflet crumpled on the floor.
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.24
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.23
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.24
Optimism in Tory Stronghold. Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at17.27
Esther Rantzen campaigning on the streets of Luton South. The former That's Life presenter and consumer champion who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, however, she failed in her bid to become an MP with Labour retaining the constituency.
Esther Rantzen's campaign team grab a lift in The Election Project battlebus. They'd been campaigning on the streets of Luton South. Rantzen is a former That's Life presenter and consumer champion who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, however, she failed in her bid to become an MP with Labour retaining the constituency.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. The first voters
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Waiting to vote.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Waiting to vote.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Getting ready.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Ballots for candidate Chris D Kelly in Dudley South. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
Popular read on May 6th on London Bus
In the window of William Hill - bookies are the sure winners of this election - and no doubt long for the next one!
Directions to a ward in Hackney - station had many signs in both directions.
Anti Tory message well made and agreed with by at least one passer by. Dalston Lane.
Langford, Bedfordshire - Pippin Club moved to new venue to make way for Polling Station. I sense not to Pippins pleasure!
Phone box campaign. Dalston
Lib Dem posters with added reminders on election day
"Let me ask". Discussion at the Jewish Cultural Centre, Golders Green. 29th April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
"don't believe anyone including me". Oxford St 21 April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
Small poster image outside polling station in East Belfast for Belfast Current Allaince Mayor Cllr Naomi Long who topped the poll in East Belfast becoming the first Allaince MP and ousting Peter Robinson, NI's First Minister who has held the seat for over 30 years. Providing a positive outward looking agenda, the connections were made with the Obama campaign, in a very non fussy and discreet way, with these posters and this message appearing later than the other posters... and the rest is herstory. 'Yes she can and she did' .....
the discreet yellow poster contrast to 'the big campaign' of the independant candidate Rodney Connor referred to as the unionist unity candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Connor entered politics on the 1st April 2010, after retiring as a CEO from Fermanagh District Council on the 31st March 2010. The F& T is a seat which has always been a controversial one, as a border area, which has suffered significantly over the recent 'Troubles', but most especially as it is a 50/ 50 split if not a mationalist majority. However it is a seat largely held by unionists except when it was won by H Bloick Hunger-strike protester Boddy Sands. The seat was lost by Connor to the sitting SF MP Michelle Gildernew, although the process invovled three counts, and there is 4 votes of a difference,and Connor has stated that legal advice is being sought. It is rumoured that coiuntefeit ballot papers were identified within the counting. This very large poster, is the largest I have seen in N Ireland within this campaign. It suggest clearly that the building is owned by a Connor supporter and an established business owner (perhaps someone also influential in one of the unionist camps?).
The Lib Dem battle bus arrives in Sheffield.
The best sign of the campaign!
I agree with Nick - the crowds wait in Barkers Pool, Sheffield for Nick Clegg to arrive. The evening before the election.
Nick Clegg arrives in Sheffield the evening before the election.
Progress, Fairness, Change, Hope - supporters in Sheffield the evening before the election.
Nick Clegg speaks to supporters in Barkers Pool, Sheffield the evening before the election.
Elizabath - A teller outside a polling station in the safe Conservative seat of Wealden.
Out delivering leaflets for local council candidates in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency
Out delivering leaflets for local council candidates in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency
Retiring MP Bruce George (Lab - Walsall South) poses for a photo with Valerie Vaz the Labour candidate hoping to succeed him and the Foreign Secretary David Miliband
Polling Day leaflets waiting to be delivered in Walsall South
The Electoral Commission: Portacabin Henry Road Slough
The Electoral Commission: Slough Henry Road Polling station
Labour supporters vandalise tory posters in Falmouth. Too right.
Conservative 'Vote for Change' billboard near an English rural village.
Polling Station poster, Haydon, Somerset
Polling Station, Haydon, Somerset
"Altered" coservative election poster in Devon.
People in Liverpool pass by the BBC Big Screen while news of the election is played live. We currently have a hung parliament and as you can see here normal every day people are effected and taking an interest in politics.
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BNP Leader Nick Griffin launches the party manefesto in The City Chambers Stoke-on-Trent.
Whitechapel, London
BNP Leader Nick Griffin launches the party manefesto in The City Chambers Stoke-on-Trent.
The AFTER PARTY Hackney, east London, photographed the morning after the election
I guess it rhymes...
Here are the kids who'll pay the debt! Brighton.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
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"Old Holborn", an Independent candidate for Cambridge, dressed in the guise of Guy Fawkes, campaigning on Cambridge Market. Saturday May 1st.
Living in a very marginal seat means that I have been flyered by members of political parties on a daily basis for the last 8 weeks. Here is a sample of their mail.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Channel 4 advertising their Alternative Election broadcast at 2100. 6th May 2010.
In Buckingham UKIP office...
Two protestors unveil a banner on the roof of the polling station in Spelsbury where David and Samantha Cameron voted this morning. The banner read 'Britons, Know Your Place - Vote Eton, Vote Tory'. The Cameron's waited until the protestors were removed before turning up to meet the waiting press. 6th May 2010.
Casting my vote 20 minutes ago!
Conservative poster on a sharp, downhill bend between Langenhoe/Abberton and Colchester
Thomas Lord Audley School polling station, Colchester
"Vote Labour" car at Thomas Lord Audley School polling station, Colchester
Dan, a first time voter at Thomas Lord Audley School School, Colchester.
Labour and Liberal Election monitors at Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester.
Dan, first time voter - decision time, Thomas Lord Audley School polling station.
Steve, first time voter at Alderman Blaxhill School, Colchester
Theresa May, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Minister for Women, in the Spin Room after the Leader's Debate. Birmingham University. 29th April 2010.
Journalists in the Spin Room watching the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, being interviewed after the final Leader's Debate in the Spin Room. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Michael Gove, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, being interviewed by Channel 4's Jon Snow after the final Leader's Debate in Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Journalists listen in on a Sky TV interview with a number of politicians in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Journalists file stories in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
George Osborne, Peter Mandleson and Vince Cable are interviewed on Sky TV in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director communications, is interviewed by the media in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Taking a photograph on a mobile phone in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
David Cameron talks to pupils at Landau Forte school in Derby.
David Cameron signs his 'Contract with Voters' which pledges - "If we don't deliver our side of the bargain, vote us out in five years' time.' Landau Forte School, Derby.
David Cameron has a private interview (no forgotten microphones) in Landau Forte School, Derby.
Watching the BBC election show, waiting for the first results to be announced from Sunderland. They are normally the first constituency to declare. I'm riveted?! 6th May 2010.
My local, with an appropriate and presumably incidental colour scheme.
Polling day, East Cliff, Bournemouth
Polling station, East Cliff, Bournemouth
Polling station East Cliff, Bournemouth
Polling Station, Barrack Street, Warwick
'It is all over' A polling station at Reading closed its door at 10pm 06th May 2010 (Jing Photography)
'Would you vote for me?' A Conservative candidate at last few hours before polling station closing its door. (Jing Photography)
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The Polling Station in Tile Hill Coventry
Street scene in Brent, NW2, where Sarah Teather is the well-regarded sitting MP but by no means assured of keeping her seat, due to boundary changes. I thought the overkill on the signage was quite poignant.
I loved the way Gordon Brown's catch phrase from the second electoral debate was used by the LibDems on this campaign car.
I did a couple of still life set-ups as part of an online photography course. I set this up around the time the media were embracing the concept of a hung parliament. This is my 'dark' version.
I did a couple of still life set-ups as part of an online photography course. I set this up around the time the media were embracing the concept of a hung parliament. This is my 'light' version - the noose is hovering above the yellow dice, a bit too subtle for the impact I was after.
Student election notice at the Royal Latin School.
Polling station sign at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Student polling staff talk to voters at the Royal Latin School student elections.
The Royal Latin School's Conservative student candidate Marc Newall wears the party logo.
A student at the Royal Latin.
A voter holds their polling card at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Monster Raving Loony Party student candidate Josh Timmins at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Student polling staff at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Liberal Democrat poster at the Royal Latin School.
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On the eve of polling day, Conservative leader David Cameron met with Ambulance workers in Dudley. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron being interviewed for local TV during his visit to Dudley Ambulance station, Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
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The Conservative Leader's coach rolls into Burton Road Dudley on Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron arrives at Dudley Ambulance station on the eve of polling. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
The Election Graffiti.
David Cameron acknowledges support from a passing motorist in Dudley Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
A metaphor for the Lib Dem vote! http://www.absolutepresent.co.uk
5 to 12 and no-one cares
The school where I'm currently working being used as a polling station. It meant I could get a lot of planning done!!
Jemma wearing a Nick Clegg mask. Its a bit frightening if I'm honest
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
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Polling station. Wavertree Garden Suburb, Liverpool. 6th may 2010.
From lola Hylander aged 9 "hope David cameron and neil Mahapatra (sedgefield) win!
"We just can't go on like this!"
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
California Polling Station
California Polling Station
List of those not allowed to vote
Noting electoral roll numbers
Interestingly, they day after it was announced that Nick Clegg would visit the Durham Union the day before polls opened, It was announced that Labour's David Miliband, current foreign secretary would also make a visit earlier on that day.
Labour Foreign secretary David Miliband is quizzed by students and members of the public outside of the Durham Union. Key phrases I was able to pick up from this particular conversation included 'Immigration' and 'Deportation'.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg is quizzed by students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open. 5th May 2010.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg is quizzed by students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open. 5th May 2010.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg meets students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open (some waving Conservative Party campaign banners). 5th May 2010.
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
A Party Worker Waiting to Greet Voters at a Cleethorpes Polling Station
A Party helper Waiting For Voters at a Cleethorpes Polling Station
Liberal Advetising Lorry Parked Outside the Constitutional (Conservertive Club ) Cleethorpes
19 minutes until the Polling stations were all open for the General Election.
General Election has started!!
Is the zone going to end for Gordon Brown? Taken on one of my many trips to Llandudno. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
Another dead end? Taken on one of my many trips to Llandudno. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
It's a good time to bring on the Lucky Charm Gordon! This was taken in the amusement arcade on Llandudno pier. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
UK General Election, 6 May 2010; 9.42am. Looking over the bridge between Bothwell Street and Albion Terrace, Edinburgh, towards the polling station at Norton Park (an old school redeveloped as office space back in the 1990s). I voted relatively early – Edinburgh East constituency – and the only political presence outside Norton Park at the time was a forlorn bloke with a Green Party rosette. Picture taken with a BlackBerry 8900.
Poster on a local bus shelter on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Look carefully at the messages (untouched by me) but prophetic? Who knows at present.... (pre-count)
Time for a Real Change For the first time ever I found the decision on who to vote for extremely hard. The expenses scandal of the last parliament and the fact that none of the candidates really represent my views made me feel disillusioned. I'd heard of an online petition to include a 'None of the Above' option on ballot papers and I was inspired to create an image reflecting my thoughts on the subject. I do not advocate wasting a ballot paper (and I didn't) but I did relish the opportunity to express my feelings.
pumping it up Labour Party stall St Albans Market for Roma Mills
Ironing out the wrinkles of democracy, or a literal representation of how smooth the next couple of weeks are likely to run.
Upload of original posted to http://www.flickr.com/photos/skagitims/4582507601/in/set-72157623232613524/ as well. Photo is of Heather speaking to Washington Coalition of Open Government/WashCOG Open Government Conference 2010 last January at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Least I can do to say thank you is back her up and get out the vote... oh and video of her talk is on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/9735254 Among other things on the Flickr posting was this Heather Brooke quote: "What I've learned is that there is no magic person or institution that waves a wand and makes us better or safer. Rather, it is you and me - each of us as individual citizens. Society is only as good as those who are willing to stand up and ask questions of the people in power and hold them individually accountable for the decisions they make in our name and with our money." Heather Brooke, The Silent State, page 2 Kind of appropriate that Newsbrooke make this group, methinks. The MP Expenses scandal shaped and molded this election and subsequent events just as much as the British debt load.
Yellow lines lead the way to the Polling Station in Ashby De La Zouch,does this constitute bias?
Smile if you are voting for the red party,please don't consign us to the bin.Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire.
Andrew Bridgen's bandwagon struggles up hill,can he over turn a 4,500 Labour majority?
May 6: decision day
Wayne Casey (left) & Duncan Macdonal (right) for the Liberal Democrat Party delivering and canvassing at St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
The Polling Station at Bennochy Parish Church, Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy. 1134 hours on May 6th 2010 and not a voting soul in sight. A poor show indeed, I just hope the rest of the day showed a packed church hall!
A teller outside Singleton Village Hall, Ashford, Kent. Many people seem to misunderstand the function of the teller, which has no official legal status, and don't realise the significance of what they are giving away. www.pannage.com
Polling Station sign at Brookburn School in the Manchester Withington constituency
A household in Chorlton proudly displaying their support for both Labour and the Lib Dems. Floating voters? Or perhaps evidence of a difference of opinion in this household?
The polling station at Brookburn School, in the Manchester Withington constituency
A small sample of the stacks and stacks of election material that has come through our letterbox, here in the Manchester Withington constituency. Most of it has come from the LibDems, who have frequently made deliveries twice a day, and who were responsible for the 'Good Morning!' one on the top, which was waiting for us on the doormat first thing on the day of the election.
Green Party preparing to canvass people to vote in central Oxford
Liberal Democrat Activist in Cornmarket Street Oxford, canvassing people for votes.
made by the Project Room Oxford. www.theprojectroomoxford.com
Labour Party office in Birmingham,taking a low key approach to retaining power!
Little known Unity Project launch their manifesto in Nottiingham,no expense spared!
Tired of politics already. St George's Day, Darwen, Lancashire.
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This was on College Green on 06/04/2010. This is Ed Balls talking to LBC. He spoke to Sky News immediately prior to this. I was standing as close to him as it appears.
Peter Mandelson had just spoken to Sky News on College Green (06/04/2010). These people asked for a photo with him. Placard man in the background was trying to get into TV shot all day, pity he got into this shot.
This is Tony Benn after being interviewed by BBC News 24 on College Green on 06/04/2010.
This is Ann Widdecombe waiting to be interviewed by BBC News 24 on College Green on 06/04/2010.
Bet the politician would have loved to seen what the BBC rules regarding the General Election are. This was left on the steps to the BBC World News podium on College Green on 06/04/2010.
One day to go.. Bournemouth 05/05/10
ballot boxes at the ready, Bournemouth 05/05/10
Conservative poster in South Warwickshire.
Conservative support in Chipping Camden.
Conservative support in Chipping Camden.
Poster in the window of a Caribbean bakery in Camberwell, London SE5. How does your voting in the UK elections affect the 'folks back home'?
Poster in the window of a Caribbean bakery in Camberwell, London SE5. Why don't black people vote?
Vote John Cryer, Labour. Just walking down Leytonstone High Road, London E11.
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Monkey puzzle trees make good poster sites - a rare tree in Dunstable Road, Luton
Undecided in Brighton
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the wall. around Hendon Way, Brent. 5th May 2010. London, United Kingdom.
Showing my support for the Lib Dems in front of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
Nick Clegg during his final speech of the campaign in Sheffield. Nick Clegg was welcomed home to a huge crowd of supporters and gave a speech that would round up his campaign.
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Election day starts at East Surrey's Oxted Community Hall
Polling day at Oxted Community Hall, East Surrey
Polling day at Oxted Community Hall, East Surrey - but Oxted still asleep 7.05am
Oxted Community Hall and graveyard - opening time on polling day, East Surrey
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Labour Campaign office Dundee West
Jim McGovern Labour standing candidate for Dundee West with Rory a loyal supporter.
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Jim McGovern Labour standing candidate in Dundee West
Storm clouds over the River Tay with Scottish Labour Leader Ian Gray.
Polling Station at Whitchurch in the Buckingham constituency
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey leaflets.
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, on High Street Inverness. Danny Alexander is the incumbant and also the Lib Dem Chief of Staff.
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. High Street.
Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey. High Street, Inverness.
On the Ness Bridge Inverness. Kit Fraser is the candidate.Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey. Kit Fraser is the owner of Hooananny and Inverness Music Venue. He says 29% of people live alone 40% of marriage end in divorce. Friendship was never so needed His agenda is 1)To acquire a community restaurant in Inverness. 2) To employ a top chef. 3)To recruit a staff 50 middle-aged people. 4)They do one evening shift a week for free. 5)They become great frends. 6)They share the profits before Christmas.7)Tips pay for free food and drink for the staff.
In an Inverness rsidential area. The Scotish Christian Party candidate is Dr.Donald Boyd an Inverness based MEDICAL doctor. Invernes,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey.
A phonebox poster in Scotland's most marginal seat, Edinburgh South
Graffiti in Edinburgh illustrating the general disillusionment with politics.
Good campaign tactics from the Greens - placarding Edinburgh's cycle paths. They know their target voters!
Lib Dems in Edinburgh South have managed to co-ordinate the colour of their placards with the local flora.
Shot in Totnes Devon Saturday 1st May
Gordon Brown, in Bradford,on 5th May, the day before the election, waving goodbye.
The Labour Election Roadshow came to Bradford today... A future fair for all? In Bradford? Really?
Conservative poster for STEVE BARCLAY. on derelict shop front in Chatteris ,cambridgeshire.
Bookstore. Charing Cross Rd. 4th May 2010. London, United Kingdom
Here's my contribution artwork image 'Wellhung' inspired by the idea if election outcome results in a hung parliament, may feel like an Albertross hung around the voters necks. More about my image from my blog here: http://doodlingjim.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-british-general-election-poster.html
Zac Goldsmith, Richmond Park candidate for the Conservative Party, getting a grilling on Richmond Green 4 May. This seat is currently held by the Lib Dems and is a very contentious seat as the Tories held it until about 15 years ago when the Lib Dems got it. There is quite a dirty campaign going on by the Lib Dems to keep it so Zac often gets asked some pretty tough questions. Zac has thoroughly Green credentials and seems to want to play it fair.
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
Large Labour poster propped up on the balcony of a block of flats.
Brighton Speech. Caroline Lucas Leader of Green Party
The Green Party Candidates in Brighton and Hove
This was taken outside Lewes Town Hall where the local parliamentary candidates were gathering for a Question Time special
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Nick Clegg, and wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, visit Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Nick Clegg, and wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, visit Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Taken during Nick Clegg's visit to Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Nick Clegg's visit to Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
In Thirsk and Malton we're not voting until 27 May, following the death of one of the candidates. It's really frustrating following all the election news, but knowing I'll have to wait until 3 weeks after the main event to have my say. But if it's a close result our quiet constituency could suddenly become quite important!
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. David Cameron watches as the audience is asked to raise their hands if they have ever been affected by unaffordable housing.
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. Nick Clegg addresses the crowd.
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. Gordon Brown gives what the press have called his most powerful speech of the electoral campaign.
A worrying development for Labour as Gordon Brown appears to be fading away,with one day to go..........
Labour's Gerald Kaufman gazes down on Manchester's curry mile.
Roll up ,roll up, place your bets ...the race is almost run.
Gerry Adams, at the launch of the Sinn Fein Manifesto, points towards Belfast Lough and says "I was on the Maidstone in Belfast Lough. So was Fra Mc Cann so we know where we came from. I am proud of that." The Maidstone was a prison ship brought into Belfast in the early 1970s to house republican internees.
Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister for the Northern Ireland Assembly, at the launch of the Sinn Fein Manifesto
Peter Robinson, First Minister for the Northern Ireland Assembly, at the launch of the Democratic Unionist Party Manifesto
Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party (UCUNF) with his 18 candidates.
Don't Vote Conservative, Media Circus, Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham, May 2010.
Is this a sign that the future is looking bright for the Tories?
Poor positioning of this Labour placard - are they really in such poor health?
Ian Page and Darren Johnson review their notes at the Lewisham Deptford hustings
Ellen Wood challenges the Tory candidate Gemma Townsend for Lewisham Deptford
Shop front general election humour in Shrewsbury. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Graffiti on Conservative election poster in Shrewsbury. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Shrewsbury Conservatives make use of every display opportunity. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
A recent facelift to a long time blot on the Heaton, Bradford landscape.
Bournemouth West, labour posters above an empty shop in Westbourne
The local estate agents getting in on the act! Bournemouth
Even the almighty is being called upon! Church notice outside St Michael's Church, Bournemouth 04/05/10
A semi-detached house in St Margaret’s Road, Oxford, displaying a variety of election posters.
I took this photograph on my journey home from college today [04/05/2010] near the Wilton site, Kirkleatham Lane Redcar. Personally I am not a UKIP supporter however, I was intrigued by the bold promotion of the UKIP party amongst an area where there are strong Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters. This came as a surprise to me mainly because in the last general election, 2005, the main parties campaigning were the leading parties however this general election I have found that parties such as UKIP have risen. I feel that this is due to the lack of trust in the leading parties mainly as a result of the lack of action from both the Tories and Labour. Therefore i believe that political parties such as UKIP and the Green Party for example are seen as an ulternative resulting in more people voting for them.
One house hold battles it out!
"Heaven knows I'm miserable now" I found an image of Gordon Brown on a Google images search and manipulated it using photoshop. The original image can be found on http://oraclespeak.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/british-prime-minister-sick-and-tired-of-getting-bullied-over-his-name/
"Is this the face of the future leader of Britain?" Again I found this image via a Google image search, this time for David Cameron . The original image can be found on http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics/cameron-rules-out-live-bnp-tv-debate-$1337029.htm
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) beams down to Crawley to support PPC Chris Oxlade, Radio Mercury DJ. May 4th
USS Enterprise's Captain Jean-Luc Godard's picture op in Crawley with PPC Chris Oxlade in the most marginal Labour constituency in the country. May 4th
Top value Labour team prepare for take-off with USS Enterprise Captain Jean-luc Godar, Sir Patrick Stewart.
Sir Patrick Stewart signs autograph during campaigning in Crawley in support of Labour PPC Chris Oxlade
Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Godard (Sir Patrick Stewart) makes his mark in Crawley in support of Chris Oxlade ....
... and then the press interview - "only Labour can finish the job"
Nick Delves. Monster Raving Looney Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Ian Guiver. UKIP candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Patrick Mcloughlin. Conservative Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Joe Nattia. Liberal Democrat candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Josh Stockell. Green Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Colin Swindell. Labour Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Amila Y'Mech. Humanist Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
here i recite my election haiku: Just Vote never mind the natural volcanic ash or the pervasive cynical political smoke remember those iconic people who resolutely rocked the status quo boat to extend the democratic right to vote... so choke apathy and vote, just vote! Dave Neita
Liberal Democratic sign vandalism - one of many found across South East London
At my school, Bedford Modern School we held a School Question Time on Friday 30th. All main parties were represented and the topics debated included Immmigration, the Economy and Educatino
The 3 Unionist choices in East Belfast. Former Irish Rugby player Trevor Ringland doesn't have a realistic chance of election. Interesting to note that the Irish rugby team is selected from the whole of Ireland yet he is standing as a candidate for the Ulster Conservative Unionist New Force. A vote for Vance, who is opposed to the power sharing government with Sinn Fein (calling them terrorists) will be seen as a protest vote against the greed of the incumbant (and First Minister) Peter Robinson.
Preparing to jet wash the image through the stencil - part of Leicester Young People's X Marks the Spot - reverse graffiti 'first time voters' project http://www.youtube.com/user/CommMediaHub#p/a/u/1/6S-l3lNApbY
Kilburn High Rd, Brent, London United KIngdom. 4th May 2010.
Jet washing Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
The finished image - Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
The template was signed by young people in city centre on Saturday 1st May - Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
Simon Hughes's yellow London taxi in Luton
A group photo with Qurban Hussain, Lib Dem candidate in Luton South and Simon Hughes in Luton on a flying visit.
Labour's supporters delivering and canvassing on Hampstead High Street. 24th April 2010
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Smiley Gordon.
5/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
0/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
0/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
10/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
3/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
5/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
Media Circus, The third televised debate, at BBC1. April 2010, London.
Students - USE YOUR VOTE!
Mandy on campus. Birmingham University.
Simon Roberts on the roof of The Election Project battle-bus photographing a UKIP advertising billboard parked up by Mungle Jungle amusements in Redcar.
REAL CHANGE DOESN'T COME FROM THE PARTIES IN POWER, IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM. BE DIFFERENT, VOTE LABOUR!
A recent facelift to a long time blot on the Heaton, Bradford landscape.
The election is in full bloom in South East London
The election is in full bloom in South East London
Wayne Casey Councillor for Mill Hill Ward delivering and canvassing at Falkland Rd, High Barnet. 23th April 2010, London, United Kingdom.
MP Laura Edge-PPC for Finchley & Golders Green. Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010. London England.
The Election Collection Tee Shirts from Bostin Tees in Halesowen Somers Square West Midlands
The Election Collection Selection of political tee-shirts from the West Midlands Bostin Tees
Philip Tibbetts The Halesowen Lib Dem Local Councillor posing in his Bostin Tee Shirt in Halesowen.
GB4GB Bostin Labour Tee Shirt
Sack Your MP Tory Tee Shirt
Bostin Election Collection Tee Shirts in Halesowen
I Agree With Nick Lib Dem Tee Shirt
Come on Election Tees and their Voters. Bostin Tee Shirts West Midlands
Young trees are delivered as part of a landscaping project along the Albertbridge Road in East Belfast. The company name on the lorry struck me as profhetic
Glenda Jackson's table on Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010, London, United Kingdom.
A note on our front door which reads "Please DO NOT give us anymore election campaign leaflets. WE HAVE PLENTY!!! Any more and we will questions your waste policies!!!!"
Cut price politics books on sale in London.
George Osborne. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Parliamentary Candidate for Tatton. Conservative Party, Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010. London, United Kingdom. Background wearing sunglasses, Stephen Stark, Candidate for the Conservative Party in Hampstead Town.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - standing in Kettering, where he is hoping to win over voters with pledges ranging from preserving public lavatories to backing U2 frontman Bono for Pope. Mr Bishop, who dons a pair of Elvis-style sunglasses when out and about in the constituency, is no stranger to campaigning, having previously stood for election in 1997, 2001 and 2005. Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
A campaign poster for Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop. Birmingham.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - putting up campaign posters at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - campaigning at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - questioned by a police officer while campaigning at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
David Bouchier Liberal Democrat Candidate for Hampstead Ward. Hampstead High St, 24th April 2010. London United Kingdom.
Andrew Mckenzie, campaign team in Chipping Barnet (left) & Duncan Macdonald for the Liberal Democrat Party delivering and canvassing at Background Sean Hooker. 23th April 2010 London, United Kingdom.
Andrew Mckenzie, campaign team in Chipping Barnet (left) & Sean Hooker Liberal Democrat Candidate for High Barnet Ward (right). St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010 London United Kingdom.
Sean Hooker Liberal Democrat Candidate for High Barnet Ward delivering and canvassing at St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010 London United Kingdom.
X marks the spot: vapour trails over Victoria Street, Westminster