2024 UK general election: Voters head to the polls - in pictures

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive to cast their votes in Camden, north London. PA
    Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive to cast their votes in Camden, north London. PA
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, arrive to cast their votes at Kirby Sigston Village Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. PA
    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, arrive to cast their votes at Kirby Sigston Village Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. PA
  • Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey and his wife Emily Gasson leave the polling station in Surbiton. Getty Images
    Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey and his wife Emily Gasson leave the polling station in Surbiton. Getty Images
  • A man and his dog walk towards Falwell windmill and mill which is a temporary polling station in Sunderland. AP
    A man and his dog walk towards Falwell windmill and mill which is a temporary polling station in Sunderland. AP
  • A man leaves a polling station at a cafe in Stockbridge. EPA
    A man leaves a polling station at a cafe in Stockbridge. EPA
  • A woman walks a horse near a polling station in Hambledon. Bloomberg
    A woman walks a horse near a polling station in Hambledon. Bloomberg
  • A voter stands outside a caravan used as a polling station in Carlton, Cambridgeshire. PA
    A voter stands outside a caravan used as a polling station in Carlton, Cambridgeshire. PA
  • Joey the Shih Tzu waits outside the polling station at St James' Church in Edinburgh. PA
    Joey the Shih Tzu waits outside the polling station at St James' Church in Edinburgh. PA
  • Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, right, after casting his vote in Burrelton, Perthshire. PA
    Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, right, after casting his vote in Burrelton, Perthshire. PA
  • Voters leave a polling station in Lewes, east Sussex, after casting their ballots. Reuters
    Voters leave a polling station in Lewes, east Sussex, after casting their ballots. Reuters
  • A polling station near Battersea Power Station, as voting begins in London. Reuters
    A polling station near Battersea Power Station, as voting begins in London. Reuters
  • A worker hangs a sign before the opening of the polling station at the Agape Centre, in south Belfast. PA
    A worker hangs a sign before the opening of the polling station at the Agape Centre, in south Belfast. PA
  • A mobile polling station at a Lidl supermarket car park, in Loughborough. AFP
    A mobile polling station at a Lidl supermarket car park, in Loughborough. AFP
  • Polling clerks hang a polling station sign outside the entrance archway to Christ Church in Chorleywood. Reuters
    Polling clerks hang a polling station sign outside the entrance archway to Christ Church in Chorleywood. Reuters
  • Members of the media photograph a sign outside the polling station in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire. PA
    Members of the media photograph a sign outside the polling station in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire. PA
  • A voter leaves the polling station at Kirby Sigston Village Hall, in Northallerton. PA
    A voter leaves the polling station at Kirby Sigston Village Hall, in Northallerton. PA