Uk General Election 2017

Oke News-Theresa May is on course to increase her majority in the House of Commons with a final General Election 2017 poll giving the Tories a lead of eight points over Labour as the nation heads to the ballot box.

Exit polls will give the first indication of how the parties have fared after voting ends at 10pm.

Polling stations opened at 7am and they will close at 10pm with the first result, likely to be Houghton and Sunderland South which has been quickest at the last five elections, expected to declare just one hour later at 11pm.

Uk General Election 2017

There should then be a steady trickle of results until about 2am when declarations should start to come in thick and fast from across the UK.

The main wave of results is expected to start at about 3am with the overall picture likely to be clear by about 5am.

The leader of the winning party traditionally waits for the leader of the losing party to concede defeat before claiming victory.

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