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The Guardian - UK
Politics

General Election 2010: Ballot counts around the UK

Election results night: An election exit poll is projected onto Big Ben
An election exit poll is projected onto Big Ben in central London
Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Election results night: 2010 General Election declarations
Tallymen watch as counting begins in the Ards leisure centre in Newtownards County Down, Northern Ireland
Photograph: Julien Behal/PA
Election results night: An identification sheet showing candidates in Kirkaldy
A sheet showing candidates, including Gordon Brown, is taped to a television camera at the count centre in Kirkcaldy
Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Election results night: 2010 General Election declarations
Labour supporters watch with expectation at the Sunderland election count
Photograph: Gareth Copley/PA
Election results night: 2010 General Election declarations
Cameras focus on ballot papers being counted in Gordon Brown's Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency
Photograph: Andrew MIlligan/PA
Election results night: The 2010 General Election - The British Public Go To The Polls
Ballot boxes arrive to be counted for the Barking and Dagenham constituencies
Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Election results night: The 2010 General Election
Votes are counted at the Ponds Forge international sports hall in Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency
Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
Election results night: 2010 General Election declarations
A Labour supporter yawns as he watches ballot papers being counted at the Towngate theatre in Basildon
Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA
Election results night: 2010 General Election declarations
A 'doubtful votes' tray lies unused at the count for the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency
Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA
Election results night: A supporter of the Alliance for Green Socialism at Morley and Outwood count
A supporter of the Alliance for Green Socialism at the Morley and Outwood count in Leeds
Photograph: Asadour Guzelian/Asadour Guzelian
Election results night: Julie Elliott declared winner in Sunderland Central
Supporters keeping the red flag flying in Sunderland as Labour party candidate Julie Elliott is declared winner in Sunderland Central
Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Election results night: Votes being counted at the NIA in Birmingham
Votes are counted at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham
Photograph: David Sillitoe
Election results night: the 2010 general election
TV crews prepare for the announcement of election results in London
Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
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