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The Guardian - UK
Politics

Unusual polling stations - in pictures

Poll clerks in a launderette being used as a polling station in Oxford.
Poll clerks in a launderette put a new spin on polling stations in Oxford. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/reuters
A woman arrives to vote in a caravan in Little Smeaton.
Trailing in the polls ... a woman arrives to vote in a caravan in Little Smeaton. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images
Polling station signage on display at Sandygate, home of Hallam FC in Sheffield.
Rumours of attendance records being broken at Sandygate, home of Hallam FC in Sheffield have yet to be confirmed. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Getty Images
A residential garage being used as a polling station in County Durham.
Just squeeze in between the hatchback and the white goods and cast your vote. A garage being used as a polling station in County Durham. Photograph: Paul Kingston/NNP
A voter walks into The Crown public house, which is being used as a polling station in South Moreton.
"I'm off to vote. I may be some time ... " A voter walks into The Crown public house, which is being used as a polling station in South Moreton. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/reuters
A mobile is used as a polling station in Preston Park, Brighton.
Unlike the Tardis this mobile polling station in Preston Park, Brighton is tiny on the inside too. Photograph: Connors Brighton
A sign pinned to a tree in Redcar, Teesside.
Any similarity between this tree in Redcar, Teesside and the Conservative party logo is purely coincidental. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
Lord Hannah of Pilcot stands in the hallway after casting his vote at his Grade II listed home near Fleet. Lord Hannah is usually the first to vote in his parish considering the polling station is in his living room.
Ready, Teddy, vote ... Lord Hannah of Pilcot stands in the hallway after casting his vote at his Grade II listed home near Fleet. He is usually the first to vote in his parish as the polling station is in his living room. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
A small mobile polling station in Biggin.
This mobile polling station in Biggin isn't. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images
A polling station on Columbia Road in Tower Hamlets, east London.
"Excuse me officer, can you tell me the way to the polling station?" Columbia Road in Tower Hamlets, east London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
A man leaves after casting his vote in a polling station set up in a residential garage in Croydon.
Mind your head on the way out. A man leaves after casting his vote in a polling station set up in a residential garage in Croydon. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters
Local residents cast their votes at a polling station in the East Hull Boxing Club in Kingston-Upon-Hull.
Local residents pull no punches as they cast their votes at a polling station in the East Hull Boxing Club in Kingston-Upon-Hull. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images
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