A Tory MP's attempt to celebrate election day by waving a flag backfired when she used a 400-year-old version that doesn't include Northern Ireland.
Andrea Jenkyns shared the emblem on Twitter just after 6.30am as polls prepared to open across England, Wales and Scotland.
But instead of the current Union flag, she shared the flag of Great Britain - without Northern Ireland - that was used from the early 1600s until the beginning of 1801.
The version is missing the diagonal cross of St Patrick of Ireland.
It is perhaps fitting, as tensions rise in Northern Ireland over trade issues in the Brexit deal - and as some accuse the Tory government of abandoning the region.
But Brexiteer Ms Jenkyns insisted she wasn't trying to make a political point.
Ms Jenkyns told the Mirror: "It was an honest mistake, been up since the crack of dawn for elections, quickly tweeted, and later saw my mistake so deleted.
"Note to self, check and double check!!"
Given the amount of flag-waving Tory politicians have done recently - including putting them prominently in the background of TV interviews - Ms Jenkyns was roundly teased online.
Twitter user Otto English said: "Took Andrea Jenkyns MP a whole hour to remember what her own country's flag looks like.
"They wrap themselves in it but they don't know what it even is."
Millions of Brits are voting on May 6 for 143 councils, 39 police commissioners, 13 mayors, two national parliaments, the London Assembly and the Hartlepool by-election.
The ‘Super Thursday’ elections are far bigger than normal - because they include thousands of contests which were postponed from May 2020 due to Covid.
The bumper results will be the first ballot box test of Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer since the pandemic.
Results will start appearing in the early hours of Friday but counting is slower than usual due to Covid restrictions and the number of different elections - up to four or five in some areas.
It’s thought the full picture may not be known until late in the weekend or Monday.
