General feeling upon arriving in the polling station was a sense of privilege and luck in which we can vote in such a safe and stable place where my vote will count and that there's no scandals or tomfoolery like in recent elections in Iraq and Zimbabwe. I do not agree with any of the parties in power or 'the big 3', however we are so lucky to have a voice.
A poster seen on a billboard in Leeds during the 2010 election campaign. It originally read "Lets Scrap ID Cards" before being defaced. I guess advertising people need to be more alert to the creative genius of the general public when planning their campaigns!
David Cameron and Nick Clegg outside number 10. Yorkshire.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Jane Thomas canvassing in Keighley.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. The conservative candidate drives past.
General Election 2010, Keighley Labour Party workers and volunteers on Election Day working for candidate Jane Thomas. Mrs Thomas lost the seat to the Tories on a swing of 8.4%. Relaxing back at party HQ.
Voting for myself, (a fairly hard choice between me and someone else but eventually after much soul searching and deliberation I decided to vote for 'Me') Lockleaze - Bristol NorthWest
Anti-Tory poster, Bricklane London
'Right Turn Ahead?' Seen in North Devon - BEFORE the election
'Which way now?' Seen in North Devon - BEFORE the election
A truly 'green' polling station
Marxist tree in Fleet Street
Danny Alexander is besieged by the press during the coalition negotiations
Campaign posters near King's College London
Polling Station in Blackheath Standard, central London - indicating the value of your vote?
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
The polling station at Craighouse Village Hall on the Isle of Jura. Jura is part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located off the west coast of the Scottish Kintyre Peninsula. Argyll and Bute is one of the remotest consituencies in Britain. There are a little over 200 people on Jura (outnumbered by 5000 deer). The seat was won by Alan Reid of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. 6th May 2010.
Vote for Matt cuthbert, Independent Harringay Ward, Harringay Passage, London, 06 May 2010.
Tierney Road polling station, Streatham Hill, London, 06 May 2010.
Good Morning, Streatham Hill, London, 06 May 2010.
Alistair Darling being interviewed on College Green in London post election.
Vince Cable with aide walking to the Liberal Democrats HQ on Cowley Street in London.
Vince Cable with aide walking to the Liberal Democrats HQ on Cowley Street in London.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, addresses a crowd at an election campaign rally.
Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Candidates and their staff watch the retults on TV at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Journalists in the press room at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Candidates and their staff watch the retults on TV at the Westminster North election count held at the Queen Mothers Sports Centre. This consituency featured the high-profile failure for Joanne Cash, a 39-year-old barrister, close friend of Mr Cameron and wife of one of his Eton contemporaries. Cash had hoped to overturn a notional Labour majority of 3,021. She had been widely tipped for a future Cabinet role. She lost to Labour's Karen Buck. 7th May 2010.
Salford's campaign to encourage voter participation used an X-shaped cross in the council's corporate colour as the central visual identity. A giant version was produced and used at the media launch of the campaign.
X marked the spot in Salford. Following the city council campaign, the equivalent of an extra 52,000 votes were cast in its election.
Twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker, from Irlam were first-time voters on May 6. They turned 18 on May 1.
Identical twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker from Irlam, helped launch Salford's Make Your Mark campaign to increase the number of registered voters and turnout. The twins turned 18 on May 1. Salford City Council chief executive and returning officer Barbara Spicer.
Salford verified the city council election votes on the night, counting and declaring the results the following day.
Media interest on the night spanned the national, regional and local outlets, with live coverage by the major national broadcasters.
Counters had a busy night at Salford with the last result declared just after 5am on Friday morning.
5.05am - Salford declares the second and last parliamentary results.
Salford chief executive Barbara Spicer at the media launch of the Make Your Mark campaign.
Turnout at Salford was up by 25 per cent in the city elections and by around seven per cent in the general election following the city council's campaign.
There were 90 counters at the Salford result looking after two parliamentary seats and 20 city council wards.
The sports hall at Buile Hill Visual Arts College given a temporary floor and special staging to accommodate the Salford count.
Counters in the Make Your Mark campaign T-shirts.
Counters worked their way through 150 ballot boxes on the night.
Some of the Salford counting team.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall where "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter. 6th May 2010.
The Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall. Supporters of the "A-list" Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, wait anxiously for results to come in (Bailey lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter). 6th May 2010.
Shaun Bailey, the young black youth worker, heavily endorsed by the Tory leadership, waits anxiously for results to come in (he lost to Labour's Andy Slaughter) at the Hammersmith count in West London held at Hammersmith Town Hall. 6th May 2010.
Identical twins Rachel and Deborah Whittaker from Irlam, helped launch Salford's Make Your Mark campaign to increase the number of registered voters and turnout. The twins turned 18 on May 1.
The Salford count.
Counters at Salford sported branded T-shirts from the city council's Make Your Mark campaign, aimed at increasing voter registration and participation.
There were more postal votes in Salford than ever before, almost 75,000.
Salford counters. As well as branded T-shirts for public-facing staff, the Make Your Mark campaign used SMS and Bluetooth to target potential voters and reminding them to take part on May 6.
England Needs Money?
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government (and the earlier rally in Trafalgar Square) was in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party. Demonstrators chanted 'we want to see Nick', aiming to get the attention of the Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg's attention and support. They were successful on both counts.
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government (and the earlier rally in Trafalgar Square) was in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party. Demonstrators chanted 'we want to see Nick', aiming to get the attention of the Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg's attention and support. They were successful on both counts.
The first Take Back Parliament protest, following the general election. The rally and later demonstration outside talks to try to form the new government were in support of a genuinely proportional voting system - not favoured by Britain's Conservative Party.
hung parliament, or knitted? ....don't waste your vote.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
Behind the scenes on Caroline Lucas' campaign trail in Brighton. Lucas is leader of the Green Party and became the first ever elected Green MP. May 2010.
better red than.....
item placed on bank wall during election.
Westminster in Repair
Outside my local polling station in South Wootton, Norfolk.
About to cast my vote. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
Casting my vote. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
The ballot box. (And apparently technically breaking the law photographing in the polling station - although no one seemed bothered.)
Outside my local polling station in South Wootton, Norfolk.
At the count. Ballot boxes waiting.
The doubtful papers tray . . .
An essential part of counting votes - rubber bands.
Banks of photographers wait for the leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha to arrive at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha at the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. 6 May 2010
Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave the Polling Station at the Memorial hall in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. You can also spot Simon Roberts, the election artist, on the roof of his motorhome in the background. 6 May 2010
Photographers and broadcasters outside Number 10, 7 May 2010, Crown copyright
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, the newly installed Prime Minister, David Cameron, pledged to “work hard for the common good and the national interest”, 11 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister, David Cameron (Conservative Party) and Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister (Liberal Democrat), wave to the media outside 10 Downing Street, 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during their first joint press conference. 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during their first joint press conference, 12 May 2010, Crown copyright
The Cabinet room prepared for the first coalition Cabinet meeting on 13 May 2010, Crown copyright.
The Cabinet room prepared for the first coalition Cabinet meeting on 13 May 2010, Crown copyright.
Following his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg arrrives for a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. 12 May 2010, Crown copyright.
Randhawa and Labour.
ELECTION 2010: Behind all the big talk, promises... the masks...aren't they all the same really?? Some might say clones of each other! Sums up what I was trying to say with these Lego Star Wars Clones & using masks ( from the BBC ), to show that are all the same really. Strange how that now we have a coalition that both LibDems & Conservatives have had to comprise & become similar. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: The three major parties asking... for the public to vote for them...something doesn't seem quite right anymore....Used by the BBC News Magazine. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: Dreams Don't Always Come True - "What we have seen are no ordinary election results," the prime minister told reporters in Downing Street. Source: BBC News Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
Based upon my previous photos. A friend from South Africa who was voting for the first time thought that voting for our local LibDem candidate Vince Cable would help to make him President.
ELECTION 2010: Still not there yet... ...looks like it's going to be a hung parliament. I wonder what kind of shots I could do with that. Used by the BBC News Magazine. Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
ELECTION 2010: On closer inspection...the disturbing truth is revealed !!! Also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/templeton-cross/sets/72157623880946599/
Doorknocking with Julie Elliott in Sunderland Central
Doorknocking with Julie Elliott in Sunderland Central
Gordon Browns visit to Sunderland . . just days before polling day.
During Gordon Browns visit to Sunderland . . just days before polling day.
Gordon Brown (miked up) whilst on a visit to Sunderland
William Hague and George Osborne talking to press outside the cabinet office during coalition talks after the general election.
Image taken during the election TV leaders debates.
Image taken during the election TV leaders debates.
Images of the three party leaders captured during the leaders debates on TV.
Vote Green, created by graffiti artist T.WAT, in Hackney, London.
David Cameron facemask.
Discussing the election results as they come in.
Gordon Brown's constituency result being announced.
Watching the results programme.
Gordon Brown delivers his (constituency) victory speech as Sarah looks on.
The Conservative candidate campaigning in Highbury.
“David Cameron – David Chameleon” Created by Dick Jones, from photographs by Sebastian Niedlich and Manwiddicombe.
Hung Parliament - Nick Clegg comes out and the photographers go mad. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - David Laws. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - This guy made sure he was in shot every time a film crew interviewed someone! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - A group of photographers review their shots. There some some serious kit floating around! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - Cowley Street offices. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - The only person around who didn't think PR was a good idea! There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - Billy Bragg waiting to be interviewed. There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Hung Parliament - A protestor holds a sign, which reads "Seriously, what's going on?? This is NOT the parliament we voted for. I am very, very angry." There was a media circus around the back streets of Westminster on Saturday 8th May. The Lib Dems were holding meetings in Transport House and going backwards and forwards to their head office in Cowley Street.
Polling station preparations Bournemouth East, General election day,6 May 2010
Conservative election poster near Dorchester, May 2010
Weymouth and portland
Weymouth and portland
ROTHERHAM
Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland
Godolphin, Cornwall
WEYMOUTH
south somerset polling stations
Baptist Church Newbury Commission representative photo
Baptist Church Newbury Commission representative photo
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Tesco Car Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Weymouth elite hair polling station
Weymouth south scout hut
Nick Clegg's visit to Sheffield during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. Clegg was joined by Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central Paul Scriven (he failed to be elected). 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Liberal Democrat supporters wait for Nick Clegg during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Liberal Democrat supporters wait for Nick Clegg during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Nick Clegg addresses Liberal Democrat supporters during a visit to Sheffield, his home constituency, during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre. 30th April 2010.
Retiring MP Richard Caborn, Sheffield Central constituency, running in the Sheffield Half Marathon.
Rod Rodgers, Independent prospective parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Central just about to address the Black and Ethnic Minority Network Q&A Session at St Mary's Church, Sheffield.
"Never Lose" - Adam Boulton, Sky News's political editor, discussing the Labour leadership contest outside Number 10 Downing Street, seen from the barbers chair.
Framed newspaper in a Soho pub
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration outside the House of Commons in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
Purple Reign - Take Back Parliament demonstration in London. Monday 10th May. Take Back Parliament is a union of pressure groups demanding the introduction of proportional representation. More than a thousand people, mainly wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted.
At the vote count in the Lower Guild Hall, Plymouth.
(From right to left) Judy Evans, Linda Gilroy and Oliver Colville, candidates for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport. Waiting for the live broadcast of The Politics Show to begin.
David Cameron poster that had been defaced.
Tory campaign poster in Plymouth.
Tory campaign poster in Launceston.
A sign of the election deep in rural Devon; a fitting, unchanging setting for Conservativism.
James Morton a reporter from the Daily Echo, is checking his notes after interviewing Annette Brooke for the Lib Dems at the General Election in Poole.
Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
Nick Clegg
Doorway to coalition. No 10, London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Anna Lynch and Kabir Ahmed - Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Anna Lynch, Kabir Ahmed and Abdul Chunu, CBE - Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
Polling Day, 6th May 2010. Labour candidates for Weavers Ward which takes in Columbia Road and Brick Lane in the east end of London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Oona King and Cllr Marc Francis at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Oona King and Cllr Marc Francis at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
The Crown public house, in Bow. A Labour party fund raiser with Ed Miliband at the start of the 2010 election campaign. London.
Walpole Ward in Ealing. Labour cndidate and blogger, Rupa Huq, is in the foreground with parliamentary candidate Bassam Mahfouz. London.
Labour party activists campaigning in Ealing. London.
Three Labour candidates for St Katherine’s & Wapping ward - Denise Jones, Michael Keith and Shafiqual Haque - greet a voter on his doorstep. London.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
PPC Michelle Donelan and PPC in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Conservative PPC (and Cllr) Lynda Donaldson in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan and PPC (and Cllr) Lynda Donaldson in and around Wentworth and Dearne and Rother Valley litter picking.
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency), Cllr Martyn Parker and PPC Michelle Donelan (Wentworth and Dearne constituency).
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency) and Cllr Martyn Parker.
Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan (Wentworth and Dearne constituency). She finished in second place with more than 7,000 votes. John Healey, a Housing Minister in Gordon Brown's Government, held the seat with a majority of almost 14,000.
Ex Labour housing Minister John Healey giving his acceptance speech. Healey held the Wentworth and Dearne constituency with a majority of almost 14,000.
Grant Shapps Conservative MP (Welwyn Hatfield constituency) with Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan in the constituency of Wentworth and Dearne.
A member of Conservative PPC Michelle Donelan's (Wentworth and Dearne constituency) campaign team.
Martin McAuley, at 19-years-old, is the youngest ever candidate to stand for election in Westminster. He is a Queen’s University law student standing in North Belfast. N Ireland. (I took the portrait of him that features on his campaign poster!)
Election poster for the SDLP candidate Alex Atwood is ignored. Belfast, N Ireland.
3 crosses for Peter Robinson (DUP), Belfast, N Ireland.
3 of the South Belfast Constituency candidates' election posters, N Ireland.
Election posters outside the Ulster Unionist East Belfast constituency Office and the Orange Hall, N Ireland.
SDLP election posters in South Belfast, N Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in East Belfast, N Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in East Belfast, N Ireland.
A Sinn Fein poster outside the Mount Pottinger PSNI Station in the Nationalist Short Strand area of East Belfast. The station was closed a couple of months ago but the paint splatters were there long before it closed. Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein candidate poster in Belfast - a health and safety hazard? Northern Ireland.
Josh Timminds (17) wears a rosette for the Monster Raving Loony Party. Timminds is a pupil at Royal Latin Grammar School in Buckingham and was taking part in a mock election. Here he stands outside the UKIP headquarters of Nigel Farage during his lunch hour. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Josh Timminds (17) wears a rosette for the Monster Raving Loony Party. Timminds is a pupil at Royal Latin Grammar School in Buckingham and was taking part in a mock election. Here he stands outside the UKIP headquarters of Nigel Farage during his lunch hour. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Flipper the dolphin helps campaign on the streets of Buckingham on behalf of John Stevens, the independent candidate. The idea behind the mascot was to highlight the fact that Speaker John Bercow was a “flipper” in the expenses crisis. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to UKIP Nigel Farage's attempt to unseat Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Ann Treneman, journalist for The Times, interviews UKIP candidate Nigel Farage in a pub in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
A member of Nigel Farage's UKIP campaign team (wearing the rosette) goes door-knocking in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Nigel Farage (carrying campaign placards) and members of his UKIP campaign team goes door-knocking in Buckingham. The Buckingham constituency was one of the most high profile of the 2010 General Election thanks to Farage's attempt to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow. The UKIP candidate was also involved in light aircraft crash on polling day. 5th May 2010.
Alyson O'Connell, PPC for the Socialist Labour Party gives a member of Dai Davies' campaign team one a leaflet while canvassing on the high street in Ebbw Vale. Dai Davies was running as an Independent. The seat was orginally lost to the independent party set up by late MP and AM Peter Law in 2005 after an internal row. After his death in 2006, Mr Law's agent Dai Davies was returned to Westminster. But the voters in this seat, which used to be the safest Labour Westminster seat in Wales, returned to the fold on Thursday and elected new MP Nick Smith.
Liberal Democrat Ian Swale campaigning on the streets of Redcar, while being photographed by Election Artist Simon Roberts (whose on the roof of the motohome). Swales won the Redcar constituency and is the first non-Labour MP to represent the seat. It's been in Labour hands since it was created in 1974, and in the last 36 years has only had three MPs. Swales won with a majority of 5,214 after a swing of nearly 22% from Labour's Vera Baird. The most high profile issue in the constituency in the run up to the General Election has been the mothballing of the Corus steel plant. Vera Baird was heavily involved in the campaign to save Corus but there was criticism of the Government for not stepping in.
Silk Mill rally leaves the centre of Derby on Saturday 1st May. The rally was lead by Derek Simpson, national joint secretary of the Unite union, and he was joined by former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, as well as Derby South MP Margaret Beckett and prospective parliamentary candidate and city Labour leader Chris Williamson. The march marks the time, 176 years ago, that workers battling for better conditions were locked out of the former mill. Trade unionists and political party members march from the Market Place to the Silk Mill, in Full Street.
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Minor trouble flared up during the 'United Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration' parade which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2010. Missiles were thrown as republicans taking part in the parade (foreground) passed a flashpoint with loyalists (background) at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street in Belfast. Election campaign posters for William Humphrey, DUP, can be seen on the houses and lamposts. Humphrey ran in the constituency of West Belfast and polled 2,436 votes, while Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams retained the seat polling 22,840 votes.
Poster for Ian Paisley Junior, DUP, North Antrim on a roundabout north of Belfast. The graffitti reads 'Sell Out'.
A limited number of these posters appeared on Election day. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
A campaign poster in Belfast for David Vance, of the Traditional Unionist Voice party, with anti Trident sticker. Vance is the one man who would be very supportive of Trident being what could only be described as a political dinosaur wishing for Northern Ireland to return to 1974.
Bumpy road ahead as Spratt failed to gain his seat in the election having been seen or perceived to have played the sectarian card in his election campaign. Jimmy Spratt is a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein and SDLP candidates on a Unionist Poster!! Because Sinn Fein pulled out of the South Belfast constituency (in the hope that the SDLP would do the same in Fermanagh and South Tyrone which they didn't) the Unionists thought they could portray the moderate Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) and the more hard line Sinn Fein as bedfellows. The posters appeared the night before the election and are as far as i know currently being investigated as possibly being a falsehood stating that the SF & SDLP have unified when they haven't. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein and SDLP candidates on a Unionist Poster!! Because Sinn Fein pulled out of the South Belfast constituency (in the hope that the SDLP would do the same in Fermanagh and South Tyrone which they didn't) the Unionists thought they could portray the moderate Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) and the more hard line Sinn Fein as bedfellows. The posters appeared the night before the election and are as far as i know currently being investigated as possibly being a falsehood stating that the SF & SDLP have unified when they haven't. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Election campaign posters in the constituency of Belfast East for Trevor England (Conservatives and Unionists), David Vance (Traditional Unionist Voice) and Naomi Long (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland). Long's poster reads "Yes, she can!" in a nod to Barrack Obama's campaign slogan. And she did, dramatically ousting the 31 year incumbent Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party). Northern Ireland.
The Conservative and Unionist alliance didn't win any seats to the Westminster, despite their high profile campaign including several billboard posters like this one in Belfast. Northern Ireland.
Campaign poster for Jimmy Spratt, a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, Northern Ireland. He failed to gain his seat in the election having been seen or perceived to have played the sectarian card in his election campaign.
High Street Inverness. (Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey)
Grace Astley, a local independence candidate holding her own "Soap Box" talk in object to Mr Jack Straw not answering her questions about documents sent to him. After challenging Mr Jack Straw about these documents, so on leaving from where Mr Jack Straw was holding his Soap Box talks. Grace setups her own Soap Box to put her own views forward.
Mr Jack Straw faced a challenge from a member of public whilst holding is "Soap Box" talks in Blackburn town centre with a week to go on the General Election on the 6th May 2010. The member of the public clearly showing his disappointment in the handling of Blackburn Town Centre, and the decline on businesses and shops in the centre.
Mr Jack Straw holds a Soap Box talk in Blackburn town centre Lancashire on the 17th April 2010. With the General Election 2010 in full swing, Mr Jack Straw faces a challenge from the Conservatives Party's Ann Law-Riding about the Labour Party's policies.
With the general election in full swing, Jack Straw returns to his roots, and the Soap Box talks to which he holds in Blackburn town centre. This Soap Box talks give the members of the public to ask question, and pose their views about the local and general politics. A close up shot of Jack Straw showing is passion in answering one of the questions put to him by a member of the public, asking about local government policies. Jack not holding back on showing how passionate his is about his political views and ideas.
On Mr Jack Straw holding his Soap Box talks in Blackburn town centre on the 1st May 2010. A member of the public who previously was a Labour Voter expressed is views that he would not longer be voting for the Labour Party. And in doing so, hands back his pelage card to Mr Jack Straw.
Today Jack Straw holds another "Soap Box" talks in Blackburn Lancashire. Jack talking about local and government policies for the up-coming local and general election. Upon completing the talks, Jack meets and greets the local people from Blackburn. Jack showing his loving and caring side, but welcoming local votes to have a one-to-one chats.
Two teenage girls are made to wait while their mum chats with Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Two teenage girls are made to wait while their mum chats with Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Labour's parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali. Whitechapel market.
Councillor Abjol Miah, leader of the Tower Hamlets, and Respect candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, campaigning in Whitechapel Market.
A Respect Party campaigner gives out leaflets in Brick Lane wearing a Tony Blair mask. Respect was born off the anti-war movement; no one seems to have told them that Blair is no longer in.
ladies toilets Hare and Hounds Kings Heath Birmingham, UK - where everything is red!
A voter congratulates an independent candidate in Bath
Anon (The anonymous Bath candidate who refuses reveal his identity) explains to voters he will not be answering questions in any formal way.
(The anonymous Bath candidate who refuses reveal his identity) Changes his status on his plaque.
Aberystwyth town centre during the election campaign
A group of Lib Dems having a laugh while waiting for the Results of the Count in the General Election in Poole.
A group of people watching the news while waiting for the Results of the General Election in Poole.
Liberal Democrat posters, Ceredigion
Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, signs a 'Contract with the voters' at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. I was the official school photographer on the day.
Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, addresses pupils at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. The students were taking part in a mock hustings. I was the official school photographer on the day.
Conservative Party leader and now Prime Minister, David Cameron, addresses pupils at the Landau Forte college on April 30, 2010 in Derby. The students were taking part in a mock hustings. I was the official school photographer on the day.
coalition
Lord Mandelson at the beginning of Labour last days. Many friends gathered in Manchester to watch the event.
Voter's poster in Bath.
Voter's poster in Bath.
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley and Holderness - Election 2010 - Ballot Count at the Beverley Leisure Centre
Voter's poster in Bath.
Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC, campaigning in Tewkesbury.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who refuses to reveal his identity) awaits questions from the voters.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who refuses to reveal his identity) shakes hands with the conservative hopeful.
It's all too much for UKIP Bath Candidate Ernie.
Anon (Bath's anonymous candidate, who will not reveal his identity and wants a jury style Parliament) waits to enter the discussion hall.
Candidates enjoy a light lunch be for questions from eager voters. Bath
Bath candidates await questions. Bath
Late voters at a polling station in Bath
The MAG (Motor Cycle Action Group) Political Rally, Humber Bridge. Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK 1/05/2010 - Graham Stuart MP with a voter who dyed his beard in support.
Ballot counting night, Beverley & Holderness constituency, Beverley Leisure Centre, 6/05/2010
Ballot counting night, Beverley & Holderness constituency, Beverley Leisure Centre, 6/05/2010
Polling station - Hope Chapel, Reddings Road, Birmingham. 6th May 2010.
Polling station - Hope Chapel, Reddings Road, Birmingham. 6th May 2010.
BNP campaign literature in the drain. Stourbridge, West Midlands : day after the election.
Sky news show particular interest in the Rochdale count this year! (Where Gillian Duffy lives, although Labour retained the seat).
The count in Rochdale - Out of the media glare, thousands of ordinary people make the elections happen. (Gillian Duffy, who tackled Gordon Brown during his infamous visit Rochdale, lives in the constituency, which Labour retained the seat).
Polling station : Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Getting ready
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. The first voter.
"Adrian Collete to Win", Derby Green, Aldershot
A member of John Bercow's campaign team in Buckingham. Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
A sign in the window of a house of a very enthusiastic supporter in Buckingham! John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
A sign in the window of John Bercow's campaign office in Buckingham. Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
Cllr Pearl Lewis in Buckingham with John Bercow, the Commons Speaker. Bercow retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 5th May 2010.
Queue outside a polling station in Emerson Valley in Milton Keynes. Mark Lancaster won the seat. 6th May 2010.
The Buckingham constituency count held at the Aylesbury Civic Centre. John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, retained his seat with a majority of more than 12,000. 6th May 2010.
Party workers at the Rochdale count.
This is me 2am in the morning, photographing myself through the mirror, while waiting for the results of the General Election in Poole.
This is a poster of a neaby Church in Beflast which always has chirstina gospel messages which are socially relevant ish. I missed gettign the picture form the actual election week, which said something like 'Jesus made his x count'. I went to shoot it on Tuesday evening and it had been replaced already by this poster .... with referecne to coalition. At least there is some social engagement going within this church. Many churches either are either totally disengaged from social realities or go to the other extreme and tell or suggest people how to vote ...
Scenic stormont.... ?
Taking advantage or confusion? Multiple x's.
The morning after the night before that never was - 7th May. This is the outside of the Tory HQ on Millbank where a victorious Tory leader was due to greet wellwishers, instead they woke up to a hung parliament.
On the sofa in the early hours of morning on 7th May watching the election results come in.
Will it be a green or red light for David Cameron? Looking like amber ie. a hung parliament.
A sign put up by protestors on Parliament Green which reads 'Hang Parliament for war crimes'.
Tourists looking at a statue of Winston Churchill on Parliament Green. In the background a mobile billboard for the Take Back Parliament movement drives past with the words 'No more stolen elections. Fair votes now!'. Take Back Parliament brings together a coalition of different groups and organisations in the call for fair votes. They include POWER2010, Unlock Democracy. Electoral Reform Society and Vote for a Change.
A mobile billboard for the Take Back Parliament movement drives past the Houses of Parliament with the words 'No more stolen elections. Fair votes now!'. Take Back Parliament brings together a coalition of different groups and organisations in the call for fair votes. They include POWER2010, Unlock Democracy. Electoral Reform Society and Vote for a Change.
A runner passes a campaign poster for 'no to bike parking tax', which was put outside the Tory HQ on Millbank.
A sign on the door to the GenEVA Room in Conservative Central Office. The GenEVA project is a state-of-the art canvassing studio run during the campaign by the London Conservative Future activists. The studio houses dozens of volunteer teams who are on the phones working hard to help candidates in London and beyond to get their messages out to voters, particularly those in marginal seats. The studio is based in Millbank Tower, which ironically was where the Labour party ran its 1997 General Election campaign from!
There was another very important event taking place on the 6th May near where I live in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, it's the start of the car boot season! 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
A public question and answer session with local Conservative candidate Nadim Zahawi held at Bidford-on-Avon Church of England Primary School. 26/4
Polling Station - Gladiator Sports & Social Club, Percy Street, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Thame Distrist Girl Guides HQ, Southern Avenue, Thame. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Ace Laundrette, Gridlestone Road, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - St Anthony of Pauda RC Church, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - St Anthony of Pauda RC Church, Oxford. 6th May 2010.
Polling Station - Portacabin, Entrance to Goodman Park, Victoria Road, Slough. 6th May 2010.
Election count for the constituency's of Westminster North and Cities of London and Wesminster at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, Victoria. 7th May 2010.
Candidates Mad Cap'N Tom (Independent) and David Rowntreet (Labour Party and Blur drummer) at the election count for the constituency of Cities of London and Wesminster held at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, Victoria. 7th May 2010.
Annette Brookes is celebrating with her colleagues at the General Election for winning the most votes for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Redditch (where Jacqui Smith lost)
Redditch (where Jacqui Smith lost)
A couple of Cllrs chilling out while waiting for the results of the General Election.
BBC News, College Green.
Pig on a lead, College Green.
Huw Edwards shortly before a broadcast, College Green.
Huw Edwards, College Green.
David Miliband informs the press of his plans to stand for the Labour leadership, Palace of Westminster.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
Under close supervision of party workers, volunteers sort, verify and count the votes in Rochdale Town Hall.
The count at Rochdale Town Hall.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
Outside the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, on the day that Gordon Brown resigns and the coalition government is announced.
A Sky News Alert this morning at 08.05am 'Nick Clegg expected to leave South West London home shortly'. Is this really news? 12th May 2010.
Naomi Long MP Electoral Animation - full video available at http://www.youtube.com/user/AlliancePartyNI
Votes of the four candidates for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Votes for the Candidate Mrs Annette Brookes for Mid Dorset and North Poole which was held at the Lighthouse.
Robert Symns won the most votes for Poole in the General Election.
Emptying ballot boxes for the counters to verify and count the votes. These are from the Healey ward, home of Gillian Duffy.
Counting votes from Healey ward in Rochdale where Gillian Duffy lives.
Can I have your attention please... Counting is over at Rochdale Town Hall.
Ian Paisley Snr in his son's campaign car (Paisley Jnr was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, where his father had recently stood down as MP). Paisley can be seen signing a bible for a local resident in Ballymena, County Antrim. 3rd May 2010.
The campaign car, with loud speakers, for Ian Paisley Jnr who was running for the DUP in North Antrim, a seat where his father (Ian Paisley Snr) had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Ian Paisley Snr and Jnr campaigning together in Ballymena. Paisley Jnr was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, where his father had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Ian Paisley Jnr posing for a local press photographer. Paisley was campaigning for the DUP in North Antrim, a seat where his father (Ian Paisley Snr) had recently stood down as MP. 3rd May 2010.
Now that the election is finally over, and if the calendar in the Morley Labour campaign office is anything to go by, Ed Balls will be sleeping for the next few days. Time to think about whether to run for leader of the Labour Party!
New Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
New Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
Cameron & the Queen (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
Someone's not happy with the result. See the women in the middle of the TV frame pointing her thumbs down as David Cameron pulls into No 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister (as seen on BBC News 24, 9pm). 11th May 2010.
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
South Somerset polling station (Electoral Commission representatives photos)
Ian Parsley (Conservative/ Unionist PPC) and Sylvia Hermon (Independent Candidate), North Down.
Alliance Party, Belfast West - "Respect Works, Bigotry Costs".
Sinn Fein poster, Belfast West - "Leadership: Peace, Equality, Jobs, Unity".
United Independent Hunger Strike Commermoration march past a mural of Bobby Sands and a Sinn Fein poster featuring Gerry Adams, Falls Road. Belfast.
Ian Parsley (Conservative/ Unionist PPC) poster, Hollywood, North Down.
"Who Cares - Vote Hector" poster, Hollywood, North Down.
Various political posters on a lampost in the centre of Hollywood, North Down, on May Day.
A political poster in Ballymena for Ian Paisley JNR, the DUP'S Westminster candidate, North Antrim. It is supposedly the largest political campaign poster in the UK.
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Rhymney Street, Cardiff, May 2010
Is this a valid vote? Maybe only in Scotland...
Jogging past Cameron. Vandalised poster. North Leeds.
Dismantled Conservative banner in farmers field, North Leeds, who did it? only the sheep know.
Democracy at the polling station, a dog gets when lots of others cannot.
Student banner unfurled on the steps of Sheffield City Hall during a Lib-Dem rally on the eve of the election.
Protestors outside Houses of Parliament on the 1st of May.
Protestors outside Houses of Parliament on the 1st of May set up a noose - somewhat timely given the election outcome of a Hung Parliament!
In a very quite neighbourhood, everyone in Kingcup Close woke up to a Good Morning newsletter from the Lib Dems on the Day of the General Election.
A discarded campaign leaflet for the Labour party which reads "When the Tories were in government, they stole your milk..."
Returning officer for Rochdale checks rejected votes.
Scrutiny and openness make UK elections what they are.
A close result is explained to candidates.
Weslyan Methodist Church Hall, New Inn Hall St, Oxford.
Campaign literature for Nicola Blackwood, Conservative PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
The results of the 2010 general election were projected on to St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben, for the first time, by the BBC. The number of seats won by the three largest Westminster parties were updated over the course of the night on 6th May.
Campaign literature issued by the Young Britons' Foundation warning against the risks of a Hung Parliament.
Campaign poster for Nicola Blackwood, Conservative PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
Campaign literature for Chris Goodall, Green Party PPC for Oxford West & Abingdon.
Polling station in Kennington (near Oxford).
6.30am May 6th: Peter Hodgkinson prepares his home in a village near Rochdale for use as a polling station.
Shortly after 10pm, ballot boxes arrive at Rochdale Town Hall.
As ballot boxes arrive runners take them up to the Great Hall in Rochdale Town Hall.
The General Election were held in Poole at the Lighthouse in Dorset.
The General Election in Poole.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Eddie Izzard campaigning in Fallowfield, Withington, in support of the Labour PPC Lucy Powell.
Votes of the General Election.
Bet-hedging in Streatham
I doubled the national debt.
Phoenix from the Flames We will rise together
Parliament Square: - There are a couple of protests on the grass in the middle of Parliament Square, right opposite the Houses of Parliament. You can’t get to talk to the protesters as they are cut off by four lanes of manic traffic. There is no obvious pedestrian crossing to get to them. Some people think that the government has never told us the truth about Iraq (or Afghanistan). They say the government won’t even tell us what the civilian death toll has been. The protesters have a banner which says 2,000,000 dead, 4,000,000 fled. Unbelievable - but probably true. I’m sure if the figures weren't right someone would have made them take them down. That’s free speech for you. You need good eyesight to see the placard though.
Floating Voter: - this is my friend Chris Tunnicliffe on holiday in Cyprus a year or so ago. We wasn't sure who to vote for in the last election. He was a floating voter.
Outside the British Council offices just off the Mall in London near Admiralty Arch is a statue by Barry Flanagan called “Large Mirror Nijinski” dated 1992. It represents two hares on columns, fighting. Barry made the hares almost identical and emphasised their athletic gestures (like Nijinski who used to defy gravity). The more I look at the hares the more I think they are two almost identical politicians, constantly fighting, for no apparent reason. All the action takes place over our heads, ignored by everyone (mostly foreign tourists hereabouts). Barry needs to make a third hare now.
County Hall, London - a democratic fun fare: - I tried hard to photograph the run-up to the election but there was little sign of it. The action wasn't on the streets, doorsteps or in shopping malls, it was going straight into people’s living rooms via their televisions. Then I passed London's County Hall. London was one of the world's premier cities. This was its seat of democracy, but a few years ago someone in Westminster decided that London didn’t need a democracy. They turned County Hall into a fun fare. They sell tickets for the London Eye there. It has the “Death Trap” (you can go inside and get the fright of your life, apparently) and several food outlets, including a Japanese restaurant that even has its name spelt the French way. Does it still have an aquarium, a hotel and a modern art galley? I think if you turn democratic institutions into fun fares you must expect voters to be antagonistic and disenchanted.
The main party leaders in a clothes shop in Ladbroke Grove.
Hustings at Humber Bridge car park organised by the Motorcycle Action Group's 'Riders are Voters' campaign. Denis Healey explains how he understands the concerns of the motorcyclists gathered before him as he once owned a small moped.
Microphones ready for a hustings at the Humber Bridge car park organised by the Motorcycle Action Group's 'Riders are Voters' campaign. Graham Stuart (Con), Diana Johnston (Lab) and Denis Healey (Lib-Dem) answered questions on transport and motorcycling issues posed by a crowd of over 400 motorcyclists.
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Vates for Dogs! Yateley The Tythings Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley St Swithun's Poling Station, North East Hampshire
View into the Lib Dem's campaign office in St Leonards on Sea with the reassuring notice that bric-a-brac is still on offer through the campaign but has been moved downstairs until after the election. We look forward to its return to the ground floor.
The sun sets over Brixton's Streatham Borough Polling Station
Between the tupperware and the tissues, the election day papers have their final shameless attempt at influencing voters
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Turnout: 48578 (65%). Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary election count. Conservative Gordon Henderson who narrowly lost to Labour in 2005 won with a swing of 12.7%.
Good morning, Streatham Hill, London, 2010.
Shop Window Brighton. 8th May 2010. The South Coast constituency of Brighton Pavilion was the first ever constituency where all four parties with a chance of winning fielded women only candidates. It was won by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party.
Not all Polling Stations were too busy to cope!
Defaced Conservative Party poster, Newton Heath, Manchester. Whoever defaced it didn't think much of the Labour Party either.
Graffiti suggesting that Mr Cameron may be like one of his predecessors.
Conservative MP Alan Duncan records his blog at the launch of the Conservative manifesto in the East Midlands at Nottingham.
Tellers at St Mary's church Southgate, Crawley - labour super marginal
t St Mary's Church polling station, Crawley
Outside St Mary's polling station, Southgate, Crawley
At St Mary's Church, Crawley - Tellers at work
Polling day, Crawley super marginal
Leader cupcakes photographed on a stall at Oval Farmers' Market.
Godolphin Junior School polling station Slough
Godolphin Junior School polling station Slough
Henry Road polling station Slough
Henry Road polling station Slough
The Centre, Polling station and Count centre Slough
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.24
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.23
Windsor House, Belmont Rd.Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at 17.24
Optimism in Tory Stronghold. Whitstable, Kent. 06/05/2010 at17.27
All around the UK, People from various organsiations were protesting for an new Electoral Reform. I was invited to come along in the Bournemouth area.
Hugo Swire - MP for East Devon at a public meeting during the election campaign.
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Does Edward Dawson know something that the Lib Dem representative doesn't? (Con hold)
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Yateley WI Hall Poling Station, North East Hampshire
Caroline Lucas makes History in Brighton Pavilion, becoming the first Green Party MP. 7th May 2010.
Caroline Lucas makes History in Brighton Pavilion, becoming the first Green Party MP. 7th May 2010.
I have attached a photo of me counting the votes for the Central Constituency in Sheffield last night. I think it must have been taken about half way through the count. The vote was really close between the Lib Dems and Labour (16973 versus 17138) so close in fact that I didn't leave until 7am this morning and haven't got to bed yet!!! The weird thing is, the photo was actually taken by a Swiss Newspaper. I think it must have been taken about half way through the count. I only found out today because I work in a Language College and one of the foreign language assistants is Swiss and was keeping up to date about the election last night via his country's newspapers. He got a bit of a shock when he saw me in his home paper.
Stephen Pound is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ealing North since 1997. He won again on 6th May 2010.
A BNP campaign leaflet disposed of in a rubbish sack.
A Labour party volunteer outside a polling station checking voters polling number.
A Conservative Party campaign leaflet crumpled on the floor.
Esther Rantzen campaigning on the streets of Luton South. The former That's Life presenter and consumer champion who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, however, she failed in her bid to become an MP with Labour retaining the constituency.
Esther Rantzen's campaign team grab a lift in The Election Project battlebus. They'd been campaigning on the streets of Luton South. Rantzen is a former That's Life presenter and consumer champion who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, however, she failed in her bid to become an MP with Labour retaining the constituency.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. The first voters
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Waiting to vote.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Waiting to vote.
Eversley Poling Station, North East Hampshire. Getting ready.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Julie Mulligan, The Chavin, Leeds NW.
Ballots for candidate Chris D Kelly in Dudley South. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
David Cameron on a visit to Belfast 2 days before the election, speaks to gathered members of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party.
Out delivering leaflets for local council candidates in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency
Out delivering leaflets for local council candidates in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency
Retiring MP Bruce George (Lab - Walsall South) poses for a photo with Valerie Vaz the Labour candidate hoping to succeed him and the Foreign Secretary David Miliband
Polling Day leaflets waiting to be delivered in Walsall South
The Electoral Commission: Slough Henry Road Polling station
Popular read on May 6th on London Bus
In the window of William Hill - bookies are the sure winners of this election - and no doubt long for the next one!
Directions to a ward in Hackney - station had many signs in both directions.
Anti Tory message well made and agreed with by at least one passer by. Dalston Lane.
Langford, Bedfordshire - Pippin Club moved to new venue to make way for Polling Station. I sense not to Pippins pleasure!
Phone box campaign. Dalston
Lib Dem posters with added reminders on election day
"Let me ask". Discussion at the Jewish Cultural Centre, Golders Green. 29th April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
"don't believe anyone including me". Oxford St 21 April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
Small poster image outside polling station in East Belfast for Belfast Current Allaince Mayor Cllr Naomi Long who topped the poll in East Belfast becoming the first Allaince MP and ousting Peter Robinson, NI's First Minister who has held the seat for over 30 years. Providing a positive outward looking agenda, the connections were made with the Obama campaign, in a very non fussy and discreet way, with these posters and this message appearing later than the other posters... and the rest is herstory. 'Yes she can and she did' .....
the discreet yellow poster contrast to 'the big campaign' of the independant candidate Rodney Connor referred to as the unionist unity candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Connor entered politics on the 1st April 2010, after retiring as a CEO from Fermanagh District Council on the 31st March 2010. The F& T is a seat which has always been a controversial one, as a border area, which has suffered significantly over the recent 'Troubles', but most especially as it is a 50/ 50 split if not a mationalist majority. However it is a seat largely held by unionists except when it was won by H Bloick Hunger-strike protester Boddy Sands. The seat was lost by Connor to the sitting SF MP Michelle Gildernew, although the process invovled three counts, and there is 4 votes of a difference,and Connor has stated that legal advice is being sought. It is rumoured that coiuntefeit ballot papers were identified within the counting. This very large poster, is the largest I have seen in N Ireland within this campaign. It suggest clearly that the building is owned by a Connor supporter and an established business owner (perhaps someone also influential in one of the unionist camps?).
The Lib Dem battle bus arrives in Sheffield.
The best sign of the campaign!
I agree with Nick - the crowds wait in Barkers Pool, Sheffield for Nick Clegg to arrive. The evening before the election.
Nick Clegg arrives in Sheffield the evening before the election.
Progress, Fairness, Change, Hope - supporters in Sheffield the evening before the election.
Nick Clegg speaks to supporters in Barkers Pool, Sheffield the evening before the election.
The Electoral Commission: Portacabin Henry Road Slough
Elizabath - A teller outside a polling station in the safe Conservative seat of Wealden.
Labour supporters vandalise tory posters in Falmouth. Too right.
"Altered" coservative election poster in Devon.
Conservative 'Vote for Change' billboard near an English rural village.
Polling Station poster, Haydon, Somerset
Polling Station, Haydon, Somerset
People in Liverpool pass by the BBC Big Screen while news of the election is played live. We currently have a hung parliament and as you can see here normal every day people are effected and taking an interest in politics.
The AFTER PARTY Hackney, east London, photographed the morning after the election
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LABOUR IN PRESTATYN
LABOUR IN PRESTATYN
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BNP Leader Nick Griffin launches the party manefesto in The City Chambers Stoke-on-Trent.
Whitechapel, London
BNP Leader Nick Griffin launches the party manefesto in The City Chambers Stoke-on-Trent.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Gordon Brown on his visit to Tynemouth during the election campaign.
Living in a very marginal seat means that I have been flyered by members of political parties on a daily basis for the last 8 weeks. Here is a sample of their mail.
"Old Holborn", an Independent candidate for Cambridge, dressed in the guise of Guy Fawkes, campaigning on Cambridge Market. Saturday May 1st.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
Parliament Square. 5th May 2010.
Here are the kids who'll pay the debt! Brighton.
I guess it rhymes...
Casting my vote 20 minutes ago!
Two protestors unveil a banner on the roof of the polling station in Spelsbury where David and Samantha Cameron voted this morning. The banner read 'Britons, Know Your Place - Vote Eton, Vote Tory'. The Cameron's waited until the protestors were removed before turning up to meet the waiting press. 6th May 2010.
In Buckingham UKIP office...
Channel 4 advertising their Alternative Election broadcast at 2100. 6th May 2010.
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'It is all over' A polling station at Reading closed its door at 10pm 06th May 2010 (Jing Photography)
'Would you vote for me?' A Conservative candidate at last few hours before polling station closing its door. (Jing Photography)
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Polling Station, Barrack Street, Warwick
Polling station East Cliff, Bournemouth
Polling day, East Cliff, Bournemouth
Polling station, East Cliff, Bournemouth
Watching the BBC election show, waiting for the first results to be announced from Sunderland. They are normally the first constituency to declare. I'm riveted?! 6th May 2010.
David Cameron talks to pupils at Landau Forte school in Derby.
David Cameron signs his 'Contract with Voters' which pledges - "If we don't deliver our side of the bargain, vote us out in five years' time.' Landau Forte School, Derby.
David Cameron has a private interview (no forgotten microphones) in Landau Forte School, Derby.
Theresa May, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Minister for Women, in the Spin Room after the Leader's Debate. Birmingham University. 29th April 2010.
Journalists in the Spin Room watching the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, being interviewed after the final Leader's Debate in the Spin Room. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Michael Gove, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, being interviewed by Channel 4's Jon Snow after the final Leader's Debate in Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Journalists listen in on a Sky TV interview with a number of politicians in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Journalists file stories in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
George Osborne, Peter Mandleson and Vince Cable are interviewed on Sky TV in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director communications, is interviewed by the media in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Taking a photograph on a mobile phone in the Spin Room after the final Leader's Debate. Birmingham University, 29th April 2010.
Conservative poster on a sharp, downhill bend between Langenhoe/Abberton and Colchester
Thomas Lord Audley School polling station, Colchester
"Vote Labour" car at Thomas Lord Audley School polling station, Colchester
Dan, a first time voter at Thomas Lord Audley School School, Colchester.
Labour and Liberal Election monitors at Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester.
Dan, first time voter - decision time, Thomas Lord Audley School polling station.
Steve, first time voter at Alderman Blaxhill School, Colchester
My local, with an appropriate and presumably incidental colour scheme.
On the eve of polling day, Conservative leader David Cameron met with Ambulance workers in Dudley. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron being interviewed for local TV during his visit to Dudley Ambulance station, Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Student election notice at the Royal Latin School.
Polling station sign at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Student polling staff talk to voters at the Royal Latin School student elections.
The Royal Latin School's Conservative student candidate Marc Newall wears the party logo.
A student at the Royal Latin.
A voter holds their polling card at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Monster Raving Loony Party student candidate Josh Timmins at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Student polling staff at the Royal Latin School student elections.
Liberal Democrat poster at the Royal Latin School.
I did a couple of still life set-ups as part of an online photography course. I set this up around the time the media were embracing the concept of a hung parliament. This is my 'dark' version.
I did a couple of still life set-ups as part of an online photography course. I set this up around the time the media were embracing the concept of a hung parliament. This is my 'light' version - the noose is hovering above the yellow dice, a bit too subtle for the impact I was after.
The Polling Station in Tile Hill Coventry
Street scene in Brent, NW2, where Sarah Teather is the well-regarded sitting MP but by no means assured of keeping her seat, due to boundary changes. I thought the overkill on the signage was quite poignant.
I loved the way Gordon Brown's catch phrase from the second electoral debate was used by the LibDems on this campaign car.
The Conservative Leader's coach rolls into Burton Road Dudley on Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
David Cameron arrives at Dudley Ambulance station on the eve of polling. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
May Day Election Meltdown protests at either Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square on Saturday 1st May 2010
"We just can't go on like this!"
From lola Hylander aged 9 "hope David cameron and neil Mahapatra (sedgefield) win!
Polling station. Wavertree Garden Suburb, Liverpool. 6th may 2010.
The Election
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The disenfranchised of central London on Polling Day. 6th May 2010.
The school where I'm currently working being used as a polling station. It meant I could get a lot of planning done!!
Jemma wearing a Nick Clegg mask. Its a bit frightening if I'm honest
The Election Graffiti.
David Cameron acknowledges support from a passing motorist in Dudley Wednesday May 5th. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
A metaphor for the Lib Dem vote! http://www.absolutepresent.co.uk
5 to 12 and no-one cares
California Polling Station
California Polling Station
List of those not allowed to vote
Noting electoral roll numbers
Interestingly, they day after it was announced that Nick Clegg would visit the Durham Union the day before polls opened, It was announced that Labour's David Miliband, current foreign secretary would also make a visit earlier on that day.
Labour Foreign secretary David Miliband is quizzed by students and members of the public outside of the Durham Union. Key phrases I was able to pick up from this particular conversation included 'Immigration' and 'Deportation'.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg is quizzed by students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open. 5th May 2010.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg is quizzed by students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open. 5th May 2010.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg meets students at the Durham union, the afternoon before the polls open (some waving Conservative Party campaign banners). 5th May 2010.
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
The homemade constructions of the political party signs Taken on the Cumbria border
A Party Worker Waiting to Greet Voters at a Cleethorpes Polling Station
A Party helper Waiting For Voters at a Cleethorpes Polling Station
Liberal Advetising Lorry Parked Outside the Constitutional (Conservertive Club ) Cleethorpes
Poster on a local bus shelter on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Look carefully at the messages (untouched by me) but prophetic? Who knows at present.... (pre-count)
UK General Election, 6 May 2010; 9.42am. Looking over the bridge between Bothwell Street and Albion Terrace, Edinburgh, towards the polling station at Norton Park (an old school redeveloped as office space back in the 1990s). I voted relatively early – Edinburgh East constituency – and the only political presence outside Norton Park at the time was a forlorn bloke with a Green Party rosette. Picture taken with a BlackBerry 8900.
19 minutes until the Polling stations were all open for the General Election.
General Election has started!!
Is the zone going to end for Gordon Brown? Taken on one of my many trips to Llandudno. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
Another dead end? Taken on one of my many trips to Llandudno. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
It's a good time to bring on the Lucky Charm Gordon! This was taken in the amusement arcade on Llandudno pier. Photographic Image Shrewsbury.
Time for a Real Change For the first time ever I found the decision on who to vote for extremely hard. The expenses scandal of the last parliament and the fact that none of the candidates really represent my views made me feel disillusioned. I'd heard of an online petition to include a 'None of the Above' option on ballot papers and I was inspired to create an image reflecting my thoughts on the subject. I do not advocate wasting a ballot paper (and I didn't) but I did relish the opportunity to express my feelings.
pumping it up Labour Party stall St Albans Market for Roma Mills
Ironing out the wrinkles of democracy, or a literal representation of how smooth the next couple of weeks are likely to run.
Andrew Bridgen's bandwagon struggles up hill,can he over turn a 4,500 Labour majority?
Upload of original posted to http://www.flickr.com/photos/skagitims/4582507601/in/set-72157623232613524/ as well. Photo is of Heather speaking to Washington Coalition of Open Government/WashCOG Open Government Conference 2010 last January at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Least I can do to say thank you is back her up and get out the vote... oh and video of her talk is on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/9735254 Among other things on the Flickr posting was this Heather Brooke quote: "What I've learned is that there is no magic person or institution that waves a wand and makes us better or safer. Rather, it is you and me - each of us as individual citizens. Society is only as good as those who are willing to stand up and ask questions of the people in power and hold them individually accountable for the decisions they make in our name and with our money." Heather Brooke, The Silent State, page 2 Kind of appropriate that Newsbrooke make this group, methinks. The MP Expenses scandal shaped and molded this election and subsequent events just as much as the British debt load.
Yellow lines lead the way to the Polling Station in Ashby De La Zouch,does this constitute bias?
Smile if you are voting for the red party,please don't consign us to the bin.Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire.
May 6: decision day
Wayne Casey (left) & Duncan Macdonal (right) for the Liberal Democrat Party delivering and canvassing at St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010. London, United Kingdom.
The Polling Station at Bennochy Parish Church, Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy. 1134 hours on May 6th 2010 and not a voting soul in sight. A poor show indeed, I just hope the rest of the day showed a packed church hall!
A teller outside Singleton Village Hall, Ashford, Kent. Many people seem to misunderstand the function of the teller, which has no official legal status, and don't realise the significance of what they are giving away. www.pannage.com
Green Party preparing to canvass people to vote in central Oxford
Liberal Democrat Activist in Cornmarket Street Oxford, canvassing people for votes.
Polling Station sign at Brookburn School in the Manchester Withington constituency
A household in Chorlton proudly displaying their support for both Labour and the Lib Dems. Floating voters? Or perhaps evidence of a difference of opinion in this household?
The polling station at Brookburn School, in the Manchester Withington constituency
A small sample of the stacks and stacks of election material that has come through our letterbox, here in the Manchester Withington constituency. Most of it has come from the LibDems, who have frequently made deliveries twice a day, and who were responsible for the 'Good Morning!' one on the top, which was waiting for us on the doormat first thing on the day of the election.
made by the Project Room Oxford. www.theprojectroomoxford.com
Little known Unity Project launch their manifesto in Nottiingham,no expense spared!
Labour Party office in Birmingham,taking a low key approach to retaining power!
Poster in the window of a Caribbean bakery in Camberwell, London SE5. Why don't black people vote?
Vote John Cryer, Labour. Just walking down Leytonstone High Road, London E11.
Poster in the window of a Caribbean bakery in Camberwell, London SE5. How does your voting in the UK elections affect the 'folks back home'?
Conservative poster in South Warwickshire.
Conservative support in Chipping Camden.
Conservative support in Chipping Camden.
One day to go.. Bournemouth 05/05/10
ballot boxes at the ready, Bournemouth 05/05/10
This was on College Green on 06/04/2010. This is Ed Balls talking to LBC. He spoke to Sky News immediately prior to this. I was standing as close to him as it appears.
Peter Mandelson had just spoken to Sky News on College Green (06/04/2010). These people asked for a photo with him. Placard man in the background was trying to get into TV shot all day, pity he got into this shot.
This is Tony Benn after being interviewed by BBC News 24 on College Green on 06/04/2010.
This is Ann Widdecombe waiting to be interviewed by BBC News 24 on College Green on 06/04/2010.
Bet the politician would have loved to seen what the BBC rules regarding the General Election are. This was left on the steps to the BBC World News podium on College Green on 06/04/2010.
Tired of politics already. St George's Day, Darwen, Lancashire.
Please contact for print quality if interested. RSH
Please contact for print quality if interested. RSH
Please contact for print quality if interested. RSH
Please contact for print quality if interested. RSH
Monkey puzzle trees make good poster sites - a rare tree in Dunstable Road, Luton
Polling Station at Whitchurch in the Buckingham constituency
voting labour
Labour Campaign office Dundee West
Jim McGovern Labour standing candidate for Dundee West with Rory a loyal supporter.
One primeminister
Jim McGovern Labour standing candidate in Dundee West
Storm clouds over the River Tay with Scottish Labour Leader Ian Gray.
Election day starts at East Surrey's Oxted Community Hall
Polling day at Oxted Community Hall, East Surrey
Polling day at Oxted Community Hall, East Surrey - but Oxted still asleep 7.05am
Oxted Community Hall and graveyard - opening time on polling day, East Surrey
Nick Clegg during his final speech of the campaign in Sheffield. Nick Clegg was welcomed home to a huge crowd of supporters and gave a speech that would round up his campaign.
Showing my support for the Lib Dems in front of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
the wall. around Hendon Way, Brent. 5th May 2010. London, United Kingdom.
Undecided in Brighton
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey leaflets.
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, on High Street Inverness. Danny Alexander is the incumbant and also the Lib Dem Chief of Staff.
Inverness,Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. High Street.
Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey. High Street, Inverness.
On the Ness Bridge Inverness. Kit Fraser is the candidate.Inverness,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey. Kit Fraser is the owner of Hooananny and Inverness Music Venue. He says 29% of people live alone 40% of marriage end in divorce. Friendship was never so needed His agenda is 1)To acquire a community restaurant in Inverness. 2) To employ a top chef. 3)To recruit a staff 50 middle-aged people. 4)They do one evening shift a week for free. 5)They become great frends. 6)They share the profits before Christmas.7)Tips pay for free food and drink for the staff.
In an Inverness rsidential area. The Scotish Christian Party candidate is Dr.Donald Boyd an Inverness based MEDICAL doctor. Invernes,Nairn,Badenoch and Strathspey.
A phonebox poster in Scotland's most marginal seat, Edinburgh South
Graffiti in Edinburgh illustrating the general disillusionment with politics.
Good campaign tactics from the Greens - placarding Edinburgh's cycle paths. They know their target voters!
Lib Dems in Edinburgh South have managed to co-ordinate the colour of their placards with the local flora.
Shot in Totnes Devon Saturday 1st May
Gordon Brown, in Bradford,on 5th May, the day before the election, waving goodbye.
The Labour Election Roadshow came to Bradford today... A future fair for all? In Bradford? Really?
Conservative poster for STEVE BARCLAY. on derelict shop front in Chatteris ,cambridgeshire.
Nick Clegg, and wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, visit Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Nick Clegg, and wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, visit Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Taken during Nick Clegg's visit to Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
Nick Clegg's visit to Blackheath on Monday 3rd May
This was taken outside Lewes Town Hall where the local parliamentary candidates were gathering for a Question Time special
Brighton Speech. Caroline Lucas Leader of Green Party
The Green Party Candidates in Brighton and Hove
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
On the corner of Chalk Farm Road, near the tube and Camden High Street in London passing people are encouraged to write political messages on a wall.
Large Labour poster propped up on the balcony of a block of flats.
Zac Goldsmith, Richmond Park candidate for the Conservative Party, getting a grilling on Richmond Green 4 May. This seat is currently held by the Lib Dems and is a very contentious seat as the Tories held it until about 15 years ago when the Lib Dems got it. There is quite a dirty campaign going on by the Lib Dems to keep it so Zac often gets asked some pretty tough questions. Zac has thoroughly Green credentials and seems to want to play it fair.
Here's my contribution artwork image 'Wellhung' inspired by the idea if election outcome results in a hung parliament, may feel like an Albertross hung around the voters necks. More about my image from my blog here: http://doodlingjim.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-british-general-election-poster.html
Bookstore. Charing Cross Rd. 4th May 2010. London, United Kingdom
In Thirsk and Malton we're not voting until 27 May, following the death of one of the candidates. It's really frustrating following all the election news, but knowing I'll have to wait until 3 weeks after the main event to have my say. But if it's a close result our quiet constituency could suddenly become quite important!
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. David Cameron watches as the audience is asked to raise their hands if they have ever been affected by unaffordable housing.
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. Nick Clegg addresses the crowd.
The Citizens UK General Election Assembly was held on 3rd May 2010 at the Central Methodist Hall and historically attended by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Three days before the General Election, the three party leaders were invited to share their views on the Citizens UK 'Peoples' Agenda' infront of an audience of 2500 people drawn from member institutions. Gordon Brown gives what the press have called his most powerful speech of the electoral campaign.
Labour's Gerald Kaufman gazes down on Manchester's curry mile.
A worrying development for Labour as Gordon Brown appears to be fading away,with one day to go..........
Roll up ,roll up, place your bets ...the race is almost run.
Gerry Adams, at the launch of the Sinn Fein Manifesto, points towards Belfast Lough and says "I was on the Maidstone in Belfast Lough. So was Fra Mc Cann so we know where we came from. I am proud of that." The Maidstone was a prison ship brought into Belfast in the early 1970s to house republican internees.
Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister for the Northern Ireland Assembly, at the launch of the Sinn Fein Manifesto
Peter Robinson, First Minister for the Northern Ireland Assembly, at the launch of the Democratic Unionist Party Manifesto
Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists New Force Party (UCUNF) with his 18 candidates.
Don't Vote Conservative, Media Circus, Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham, May 2010.
Is this a sign that the future is looking bright for the Tories?
Poor positioning of this Labour placard - are they really in such poor health?
Ian Page and Darren Johnson review their notes at the Lewisham Deptford hustings
Ellen Wood challenges the Tory candidate Gemma Townsend for Lewisham Deptford
Shop front general election humour in Shrewsbury. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Graffiti on Conservative election poster in Shrewsbury. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Shrewsbury Conservatives make use of every display opportunity. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
A recent facelift to a long time blot on the Heaton, Bradford landscape.
Bournemouth West, labour posters above an empty shop in Westbourne
The local estate agents getting in on the act! Bournemouth
Even the almighty is being called upon! Church notice outside St Michael's Church, Bournemouth 04/05/10
A semi-detached house in St Margaret’s Road, Oxford, displaying a variety of election posters.
I took this photograph on my journey home from college today [04/05/2010] near the Wilton site, Kirkleatham Lane Redcar. Personally I am not a UKIP supporter however, I was intrigued by the bold promotion of the UKIP party amongst an area where there are strong Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters. This came as a surprise to me mainly because in the last general election, 2005, the main parties campaigning were the leading parties however this general election I have found that parties such as UKIP have risen. I feel that this is due to the lack of trust in the leading parties mainly as a result of the lack of action from both the Tories and Labour. Therefore i believe that political parties such as UKIP and the Green Party for example are seen as an ulternative resulting in more people voting for them.
One house hold battles it out!
"Heaven knows I'm miserable now" I found an image of Gordon Brown on a Google images search and manipulated it using photoshop. The original image can be found on http://oraclespeak.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/british-prime-minister-sick-and-tired-of-getting-bullied-over-his-name/
"Is this the face of the future leader of Britain?" Again I found this image via a Google image search, this time for David Cameron . The original image can be found on http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics/cameron-rules-out-live-bnp-tv-debate-$1337029.htm
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) beams down to Crawley to support PPC Chris Oxlade, Radio Mercury DJ. May 4th
USS Enterprise's Captain Jean-Luc Godard's picture op in Crawley with PPC Chris Oxlade in the most marginal Labour constituency in the country. May 4th
Top value Labour team prepare for take-off with USS Enterprise Captain Jean-luc Godar, Sir Patrick Stewart.
Sir Patrick Stewart signs autograph during campaigning in Crawley in support of Labour PPC Chris Oxlade
Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Godard (Sir Patrick Stewart) makes his mark in Crawley in support of Chris Oxlade ....
... and then the press interview - "only Labour can finish the job"
Nick Delves. Monster Raving Looney Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Ian Guiver. UKIP candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Patrick Mcloughlin. Conservative Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Joe Nattia. Liberal Democrat candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Josh Stockell. Green Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Colin Swindell. Labour Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
Amila Y'Mech. Humanist Party candidate Derbyshire Dales seat
here i recite my election haiku: Just Vote never mind the natural volcanic ash or the pervasive cynical political smoke remember those iconic people who resolutely rocked the status quo boat to extend the democratic right to vote... so choke apathy and vote, just vote! Dave Neita
Liberal Democratic sign vandalism - one of many found across South East London
At my school, Bedford Modern School we held a School Question Time on Friday 30th. All main parties were represented and the topics debated included Immmigration, the Economy and Educatino
The 3 Unionist choices in East Belfast. Former Irish Rugby player Trevor Ringland doesn't have a realistic chance of election. Interesting to note that the Irish rugby team is selected from the whole of Ireland yet he is standing as a candidate for the Ulster Conservative Unionist New Force. A vote for Vance, who is opposed to the power sharing government with Sinn Fein (calling them terrorists) will be seen as a protest vote against the greed of the incumbant (and First Minister) Peter Robinson.
Kilburn High Rd, Brent, London United KIngdom. 4th May 2010.
Jet washing Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
The finished image - Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
The template was signed by young people in city centre on Saturday 1st May - Leicester's X Marks the Spot first time voters image on the pavements of Town Hall Square. All the images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenseye/sets/72157623836609939/
Preparing to jet wash the image through the stencil - part of Leicester Young People's X Marks the Spot - reverse graffiti 'first time voters' project http://www.youtube.com/user/CommMediaHub#p/a/u/1/6S-l3lNApbY
Simon Hughes's yellow London taxi in Luton
A group photo with Qurban Hussain, Lib Dem candidate in Luton South and Simon Hughes in Luton on a flying visit.
Labour's supporters delivering and canvassing on Hampstead High Street. 24th April 2010
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Anti EDL/BNP rally outside Houses of Parliament in London organised by UAF - Unite Against Fascism. UAF is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party, gaining an electoral foothold in this country.
Smiley Gordon.
5/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
0/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
0/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
10/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
3/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
5/10 I'm studying Contemporary lens media at Lincoln University and producing a politically themed project for my 3rd year degree show. My work focuses on eliminating all bias from the political process and breaking it all down into a simple mathematical formula. Using a simple calculation based around when the individual registered to vote and how many elections they've participated in I generate a score out of 10. Here's the maths- (Y/X) x 10 = A X = Total number of UK General Elections since year of registration. Y = Total number of UK General Elections participated in. A = Political rating out of 10.
Media Circus, The third televised debate, at BBC1. April 2010, London.
Students - USE YOUR VOTE!
Mandy on campus. Birmingham University.
REAL CHANGE DOESN'T COME FROM THE PARTIES IN POWER, IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM. BE DIFFERENT, VOTE LABOUR!
A recent facelift to a long time blot on the Heaton, Bradford landscape.
Simon Roberts on the roof of The Election Project battle-bus photographing a UKIP advertising billboard parked up by Mungle Jungle amusements in Redcar.
The election is in full bloom in South East London
The election is in full bloom in South East London
The Election Collection Tee Shirts from Bostin Tees in Halesowen Somers Square West Midlands
The Election Collection Selection of political tee-shirts from the West Midlands Bostin Tees
Philip Tibbetts The Halesowen Lib Dem Local Councillor posing in his Bostin Tee Shirt in Halesowen.
GB4GB Bostin Labour Tee Shirt
Sack Your MP Tory Tee Shirt
Bostin Election Collection Tee Shirts in Halesowen
I Agree With Nick Lib Dem Tee Shirt
Come on Election Tees and their Voters. Bostin Tee Shirts West Midlands
Glenda Jackson's table on Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010, London, United Kingdom.
Young trees are delivered as part of a landscaping project along the Albertbridge Road in East Belfast. The company name on the lorry struck me as profhetic
Wayne Casey Councillor for Mill Hill Ward delivering and canvassing at Falkland Rd, High Barnet. 23th April 2010, London, United Kingdom.
MP Laura Edge-PPC for Finchley & Golders Green. Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010. London England.
A note on our front door which reads "Please DO NOT give us anymore election campaign leaflets. WE HAVE PLENTY!!! Any more and we will questions your waste policies!!!!"
Cut price politics books on sale in London.
David Bouchier Liberal Democrat Candidate for Hampstead Ward. Hampstead High St, 24th April 2010. London United Kingdom.
Andrew Mckenzie, campaign team in Chipping Barnet (left) & Duncan Macdonald for the Liberal Democrat Party delivering and canvassing at Background Sean Hooker. 23th April 2010 London, United Kingdom.
X marks the spot: vapour trails over Victoria Street, Westminster
X marks the spot: vapour trails over Victoria Street, Westminster
Andrew Mckenzie, campaign team in Chipping Barnet (left) & Sean Hooker Liberal Democrat Candidate for High Barnet Ward (right). St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010 London United Kingdom.
Sean Hooker Liberal Democrat Candidate for High Barnet Ward delivering and canvassing at St Albans Rd. High Barnet. 23th April 2010 London United Kingdom.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - standing in Kettering, where he is hoping to win over voters with pledges ranging from preserving public lavatories to backing U2 frontman Bono for Pope. Mr Bishop, who dons a pair of Elvis-style sunglasses when out and about in the constituency, is no stranger to campaigning, having previously stood for election in 1997, 2001 and 2005. Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
A campaign poster for Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop. Birmingham.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - putting up campaign posters at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - campaigning at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
Lord Biro - also known as Dave Bishop - questioned by a police officer while campaigning at Birmingham University during the Leader's Debate.
George Osborne. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Parliamentary Candidate for Tatton. Conservative Party, Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010. London, United Kingdom. Background wearing sunglasses, Stephen Stark, Candidate for the Conservative Party in Hampstead Town.
Diversions Ends where the Polling Station begins!!
Birmingham University, scene of the final election Leader's Debate. 29th March 2010.
Birmingham University, scene of the final election Leader's Debate. 29th March 2010.
3 for 2. How would that work in a hung parliament?
Journalists in the press room at the Birmingham Leaders' Debate.
Peter Mandelson interviewed by journalists in the press room at the Birmingham Leaders' Debate.
Gordon Brown, Birmingham Leaders' Debate on BBC1.
Cameron, Clegg & Brown. Birmingham Leaders' Debate on BBC1.
Cameron, Clegg & Brown. Birmingham Leaders' Debate on BBC1.
Luton lib dem office on a busy day
Among Luton's taxi drivers
Gordon Brown, Joey's Bar, Birmingham University.
Gordon Bennet, Joey's Bar, Birmingham University.
Postcard From Brighton Front (Line). 3 May 2010
Caroline Lucas aboard the Green Double Decker Election Bus. 3 May 2010
The Green Battle Bus Promenades Candidate Caroline Lucas @ Bank Holiday Brighton. 3 May 2010
David Cameron vs Robin Hood
Vote UKIP - Part Worn
What appears to be the Labour Party battlebus parked outside the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
The Impact Party was set up to bring back the trust and integrity that our parliament desperately needs. Harry believes that people should be allowed to participate through referendums on important national issues such as the war in Afghanistan, our EU membership and Tuition fees and on local issues that affect them directly such as housing, schooling and waste. The party was set up by Harry Takhar a business consultant who lives in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Hackney borough encourages electorate to vote and tell us what you think.
The Speaker - the only choice other than minority parties in Buckingham
Foreign Secretary, David MIliband, campaigns in Walsall South with the Labour Party candidate Valerie Vaz (sister of Keith Vaz MP) during the final weekend of the campaign. (Taken on an iPhone)
Foreign Secretary, David MIliband, campaigns in Walsall South with the Labour Party candidate Valerie Vaz (sister of Keith Vaz MP) during the final weekend of the campaign. (Taken on an iPhone)
Lord Ashdown (former Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Yeovil 1983 - 2001) campaigning in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in support of Mark Williams, the Liberal Democrat candidate in Ceredigion
A poster advertising the event with Lord Ashdown in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
A poster for Christine Gwyther, the Labour candidate in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
A poster for Jonathan Edwards, the Plaid Cymru candidate in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr seeking to follow Adam Price (the MP for 2001 - 2010)
Saw this on a wall just off Fawcett Road in Southsea Portsmouth.
Poster for The Christian Party, London
Sod The Lot - Vote UKIP poster, London
Two days left of the General Election, and signs of the Polling Station is appearing everywhere!!
The election is in full bloom in South East London
The election is in full bloom in South East London
The election is in full bloom in South East London
Well that's in the bag then! David Cameron leaves Landau Forte College in Derby after launching his 'contract with the voters'. 30th April 2010
The press surrounding Gillian Duffy's house in Rochdale waiting for Gordon Brown to leave and make a statement. 28th April 2010.
Kenny Young, Labour Press Officer, briefs journalists outside Gillian Duffy's house in Rochdale. 28th April 2010.
Journalists outside Gillian Duffy's house in Rochdale. 28th April 2010.
Labour PPC for Blaenau Gwent, Nick Smith, in Ebbw Vale market place. 23rd April 2010.
Labour PPC for Blaenau Gwent, Nick Smith, in Ebbw Vale market place. 23rd April 2010.
Office of Dai Davies, former Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent who is running again for election. Ebbw Vale. 23rd April 2010.
Office of Dai Davies, former Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent who is running again for election. Ebbw Vale. 23rd April 2010.
In the bag? May day Cuckoo Fair in Downton, Wiltshire
Nick Clegg & young supporter in Newport. 2nd May 2010.
Liberal Party Leafleting in St Leondards on May Day.
Television crews broadcasting from outside Birmingham University prior to the final election debate.
Signs to support Annette Brooke's in Dorset.
Chris Huhne talking to Annette Brookes at Wareham train station.
Solihull LibDem Lorely Burt and supporter in Shirley Park Saturday May 1st. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Lorely Burt in Shirley Park Saturday May 1st. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
On the fence. Liberal Democrat and conservative posters in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituancy
Liberal Democrat poster for incumbent MP, with the local bowling club in the background. Mid Dorset and North Poole
The farmers' market at Woodstock on Sat 1 May continued as usual despite a visit from the Conservative battle bus, rumour had it with local MP David Cameron on board.
In Woodstock, Oxon., in David Cameron's constituency, the farmers' market on Sat 1 May was graced by a visit from the Tory battle bus, rumour had it with local MP David Cameron on board.
Woodstock, Oxon., in David Cameron's constituency, where on Sat 1 May a reporter boards the departing Tory battle bus.
At the perimeter wall of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxon., the local MP and visitor attractions tout for business.
Hustings meeting 1st May in Oxted Community Hall for the PPCs in East Surrey. Independent candidate leads the PPC procession into the hall, followed by Monster Looney party, UKIP and Tory. Lib Dem out of the picture and Labour had not arrived
New Tory PPC makes the first speech at hustings meeting 1st May in Oxted Community Hall for East Surrey constituency.
Monster Looney party sets out his manifesto at hustings meeting in Oxted Community Hall for East Surrey constituency
Surrey Mirror journalist catches every word at hustings meeting in Oxted Community Hall for East Surrey constituency, May 1st
Labour PPC candidate at hustings meeting in Oxted Community Hall for East Surrey constituency, May 1st
Capacity crowd at hustings meeting in Oxted Community Hall for East Surrey constituency, the 6th safest Tory seat in the country. Over 170 attended - 100 more than at the last general election hustings. Was it Private Eye's disclosures on the Tory candidate Sam Gyimah or the prospects of a hung parliament?
Somebody's cheerleaders out in force at East Surrey hustings, May 1st Oxted
Cllr Graham Reed [white shirt] and Anne Maguire MP at FoE /CND hustings in Stirling's Albert Hall 20th April 2010
Cllr Graham Reed supporting the Power 2010 campaign trailer photoshoot on Wednesday 21st April 2010 at Stirling University
Cllr Graham Reed and Scottish Lberal Democrat leader, Tavish Scott MSP at the United Auction Site 14th April 2010 with Stirling Castle in the distance.
Liberal Democrat Signs on London Road, Leicester. 11/04/2010
Couple wearing "Step Outside Posh Boy" T-Shirts, Sharrowvale Market Day, Sheffield. 18/04/2010.
Liberal Democrat Signs next to Rubbish bags in a Sheffield Suburb. 17/04/2010
A Cake Shop uses Election Fever to Attract Customers. 17/04/2010
Old Ken Voisey canvassing for the Liberal Democrats outside his house in the village of Ide, Devon.
Near Hitchin railway station. Eric Hannah's Right to Democracy party has done a good job of promoting themselves
Labour and Lib Dems with pitches next side by side - possible coalition? Here it's clear old Labour in Hitchin are ignoring youth interest!
This crossing is a place used more than any other in the town. UKIPs banner is stategically placed to get maximum attention from anyone visiting Waitrose supermarket or using the towns multi storey car park and walking across to the town centre. Clever strategy from a minority party.
Solihull LibDem Lorely Burt, out in Shirley Park Saturday May 1st. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Lorely Burt out meeting voters in Shirley Park Saturday May 1st. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Mobile campaign advertising in Solihull. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Campaign sign outside Solihull Conservative Association. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
The Bristol West Spartans group spreading the word at Bristol University Election Debate
are you asking the climate question?!
Spreading the word about Spartans in Bristol West
New tactics for the election campaign in Coventry - The BNP claim to be the only party to have taken out an advert in the local press
I found a torn up Labour leaflet and used it as a table mat for my cup of tea!!
PETER MANDELSON makes a point to a TV news crew during a factory visit in Netherton, West Midlands, watched by Ian Austin MP Picture by PHIL LOACH
DAVID CAMERON at his Cameron Direct Roadshow at Windsor High School, Halesowen, West Midlands in November 2009 Picture by PHIL LOACH
JOHN PRESCOTT, HARRIET HARMON & IAN AUSTIN rally the troops in Dudley, West Midlands, in April 2010. Picture by PHIL LOACH
MARGOT JAMES & GEORGE OSBORNE with Conservative Party faithfull in Quarry Bank, West Midlands in February 2010 Picture by PHIL LOACH
Neil Kinnock, Frank Dobson, Sarah Brown's mum and Ed Miliband applaud Rushanara Ali's speech at her launch as parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow.
Ed Milliband and parliamentaqrfy candidate Jim Fitzpatrick are rounded on by an angry citizen in marginal Poplar and Limehouse, while the press record events.
Rushanara Ali's parliamentary candidacy launch for Bethnal Green & Bow. Rushanara and Ed Milliband watch as Neil Kinnock speaks from the podium.
A busy Saturday in Whitechapel Market, Bethnal Green & Bow constituency. Labour candidate Rushanara Ali ducks from my camera when she realises Respect's Abjol Miah is parading towards us.
Students at the University of Birmingham watching the election debate on the big screen in the pouring rain showing that we are interested in politics.
Students at the University of Birmingham watching the election debate on the big screen in the pouring rain showing that we are interested in politics.
Four candidates for the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, at a ‘Faith Forum’ hustings at the Catholic Chaplaincy, University of Oxford, 30 April 2010.
Conservatives campaign in Kingswinford. Shadow cabinet member Andrew Mitchell joined Dudley South PPC Chris D Kelly and his supporters on Friday 30 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative campaign vehicle seen in Dudley South. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Attractive campaign leaflets in Kingswinford. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Barbed wire entanglement to keep the barbarians at bay for a few more days.
All is calm at NW Leicestershire party headquarters.
Liberal Democrat party workers in Hendon Committee room preparing target letters to electors
Liberal Democrat party worker in Hendon Committee room preparing target letters to electors
Spreading the word. Liberal Democrat street stall in Mill Hill Broadway, London
Nigel Quinton PPC for Lib Dems for Hitchin and Harpenden poses in Hitchn Market Place
Labour supporter starts debate at Lib Dem stall on Hitchin's Market Place. The parties canvassed alongside each other at the May Day celebrations. No other parties present and Lib Dems looked in control!
Inspired by the live debates, I created this image to make people smile.
Sid Phelps riding a bicycle with a ‘Vote Green’ trailer attached.
a rarely spotted Green Party poster from a bus in the rain Catherine St, St Albans
will the next full moon be a blue one? a passing thought
choices choices
doorstep 1
doorstep 2
Trade Union march through Derby May 1st
Trade Union march through Derby May 1st. A girl holds up a communist party flag
Trade Union march through Derby May 1st
A small collection of campaign literature from one day. 30 April 2010.
Discussion at the Jewish Cultural Centre. The event was organised by the Jewish News and gathered the three main parties. In this photograph Stephen Timms Labour PPC for East Ham. 29th April 2010 London England.
Taken on the first day of electioneering proper. Colindale Station Newsagents.
Discussion at the Jewish Cultural Centre. The event was organised by the Jewish News and gathered the three main parties. In this photograph Mike Freer the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley & Golders Green. 29th April 2010 London England.
mixed message cross st islington
who says grey is not sexy upper st islington
**** **** shop window
2 girls in pajamas pass by an election poster for Sinn Fein candidate(and party chairman) Gerry Adams on the Falls Road, West Belfast
Conservative poster in Loughborough with footnote.
John Prescott sharing a joke with a local Labour party supporter in the centre of Tamworth.
John Prescott waves his Labour party membership card at local party supporters in the centre of Tamworth.
The Prescott Express rolls out of Tamworth.
A large ‘Vote Green’ banner in Banbury Road, Oxford.
Save Gordon Brown!
In Aberystwyth, Plaid Cymru held a rally on Saturday 24th April where they called on people to help strengthen Wales' voice in Parliament by voting for them. Here the leadership pose for a picture in the sunshine.
Liberal Democrats (and support dog) campaigning outside ASDA in Pershore, Worcestershire, 30 April 2010.
Local Liberal Democrats, joined by Paddy Ashdown, campaigning outside ASDA in Pershore, Worcestershire, 30 April 2010.
Local Liberal Democrats, joined by Paddy Ashdown, campaigning outside ASDA in Pershore, Worcestershire, 30 April 2010.
Local Liberal Democrats, joined by Paddy Ashdown, campaigning outside ASDA in Pershore, Worcestershire, 30 April 2010.
Local Liberal Democrats campaigning outside ASDA in Pershore, Worcestershire, 30 April 2010.
No Junk Mail......
Door label from the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
Setting up for the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
David Cameron arriving at the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
Sign for Nick Clegg's room at the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
David Cameron's room at the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
Door to David Cameron's room at the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
Door to David Dimbleby's room at the final Prime Ministerial Debate at the University of Birmingham
election debate broadcast to ciommuters at London's Kings Cross station
Conservative Billboard, Winsford, Cheshire.
Keith Simpson Conservative PM.for Broadland in Norfolk
Within 24 hours this lamp post on the Dewsbury ring road went from displayng a simple "R" sign to playing host to 4 different candidates posters.
A photograph of two of the candidates taking part in a Hustings debate at the Central Library Newcastle. The discussion was concerning Life Long Learning. 17th April, 2010. 6pm to 7.30pm. There were about forty people who asked questions on the topic.
Photograph was taken on 17th April ,2010.6pm-7.30pm. A meeting at the Central Library, Newcastle. Candidates from Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservatives.In regard to the Newcastle Central seat. Photograph shows labour candidate Chi Onwurah having a word with the Conservative candidate. An academic who helped to introduce the debate between these candidates.
The general election battle for suburbia in Woking Thursday 29 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Campaign sign to re-elect Labour in Stourbridge. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Vote for Change in Stourbridge. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative campaign signs in Stourbridge. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative candidate, Sam Gyimah, canvassing in Warlingham, East Surrey.
Here are 3 puppets I made modelled on the three party leaders. My name is Finn Strivens, I’m 13 and I was wondering if you could use any of them. They move and can be arranged in different positions.. – well Gordon Brown and David Cameron can. Nick Clegg is a bit more volatile.
The media scrum surrounding Gordon Brown as he leaves Gillian Duffy's house in Rochdale after making a personal apology to her. 28th April.
The media file copy and photographs from outside Gillian Duffy's house in Rochdale after Gordon Brown had come to make a personal apology. A Labour press officer, Kenny Young, can be seen on the left wearing a red tie. 28th April.
This house in Manchester has a sign the size of a window. I asked permission to the owner and he was more than happy to have his house photograph.
This is a small street in Manchester. The house is in the corner and display a clear preference.
This is Princess Road in Manchester. You can see in that part of the city conservative propaganda in phone booths.
This is Princess Road in Manchester. You can see in that part of the city conservative propaganda in phone booths.
I liked the tree reflecting in the window, while displaying a liberal democrat preference.
Labour's red and yellow colours surrounding by green leaves.
Gordon leaving mrs diffuse house, Rochdale. 28 April 2010
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in Rochdale this pm leaving the house of Mrs Gillian Duffy after making his personal apology, 28th April.
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in Rochdale this pm leaving the house of Mrs Gillian Duffy after making his personal apology, 28th April.
News reporter outside the house of Mrs Gillian Duffy in Rochdale after Prime Minister, Gordon Brown came to make his personal apology, 28th April.
My photographic interpretation of the of the election fever in sleepy Christchurch Dorset.
My photographic interpretation of the of the election fever in sleepy Christchurch Dorset.
gordon brown in rochdale
gordon brown in rochdale
gordon brown in rochdale
Northampton Chronicle and Echo news editor Daniel Owens handles the online questions as the newspaper's candidate debate for the Northampton North seat goes interactive
Labour candidate Sally Keeble (l) and Conservative Michael Ellis(r)face the voters in a newspaper's candidate debate
(l to r) Northampton North candidates Tony Lochmuller (Green), Michael Ellis (Conservative) and Sally Keeble (Labour) face the voters as newspaper editor Richard Edmonson moderates
Nine candidates for the Northampton North seat in Parliament try to catch the attention of the voters during a newspaper-sponsored debate
A passing pigeon takes exception to the Labour candidate for Manchester
Beer as political campaign?!
My friends and I watching the Bristol leader's debate. Proof that students are interested in politics! 22/04/2010
My friends and I watching the Bristol leader's debate. Proof that students are interested in politics! 22/04/2010
Watching the Bristol leader's debate on TV - with a live twitter feed running on the computer. 22/04/2010
Watching the Bristol leader's debate on TV - with a live twitter feed running on the computer. 22/04/2010
An interesting juxtaposition on the Guardian news website between a photograph of Gordon Brown with his head in his hands (to illustrate the story on 'Duffygate') alongside an advert for Windows Internet Explorer 8 software.
Me vote Labour? Utter Balls!
Hugh Salmon for Battersea..Independent candidate
Hugh Salmon for Battersea..Independent candidate
Magnum photographer Martin Parr's alternative political poster - "I chose 'Vote for Britain' rather than any particular party because that’s the whole point. This is neutral and ambiguous and loaded." The poster was part of the Guardian's series 'The art of the political poster'. See more here- http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/apr/26/poster-election-over-to-you
Alexander the Meercat on tour in Aberystwyth on 24 April 2010.
Alexander the Meercat on tour in Aberystwyth on 24 April 2010.
Alexander the Meercat on tour in Aberystwyth on 24 April 2010.
Alexander the Meercat on tour in Aberystwyth on 24 April 2010.
Gordon Brown at a press call in Rochdale moments before his exchange with Gillian Duffy, a 66-year-old widow, who told the Prime Minister that she was concerned about immigration from Eastern Europe. He was later caught unawares telling an aide: "That was a disaster. Should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that?" 28th April 2010.
Gillian Duffy, a 66-year-old widow, who told the Prime Minister Gordon Brown that she was concerned about immigration from Eastern Europe. Brown was later caught unawares telling an aide: "That was a disaster. Should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that?". Duffy is surrounded by the media. 28th April 2010.
Gordon Brown at a press call in Rochdale during an exchange with Gillian Duffy (dressed in blue jumper), a 66-year-old widow, who told the Prime Minister that she was concerned about immigration from Eastern Europe. He was later caught unawares telling an aide: "That was a disaster. Should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that?" 28th April 2010.
Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council (centre with colourful tie) and the Conservative Party candidate for Birmingham Edgbaston Constituency, Deirdre Alden (purple jacket) attend Birmingham's Vaisakhi celebration on Sunday April 25. It is estimated that 90,000 people visited the event held in Handsworth Park, which is one of the largest Vaisakhi festivals in the world.
Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the Unite union and Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Erdington (in beige suit) attends Birmingham's Vaisakhi celebration on Sunday April 25, along with Khalid Mahmood (Labour PPC for Birmingham, Perry Barr (far left). It is estimated that 90,000 people visited the event held in Handsworth Park, which is one of the largest Vaisakhi festivals in the world.
An article in a local Labour newspaper that was recently delivered through my door reads "I worry that anti-Labour petty politics will damage Rotherham's renewal".
Another classic headline on the front of today's Sun newspaper which reads "Well hung...and shafted."
The Leader's Debate on Bristol Big Screen in Millennium Square .
HDR of the road side poster at Dewsbury Baptist Church. I this this is one of the best non-political, election related statements I've seen. As it was dusk I decided the best way of capturing this scene was using HDR. The more I looked at it the more grungy I make the effect.
An over-crowded lapmp post on a major oad junction in Dewsbury. Within 24 the lamp-posts on the ring road in the town went from having no signs to being adorned with various faces of PPC's and also local councillors.
Conservative 'big hitter' William Hague MP in Dudley, pictured with local council candidate Star Etheridge. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague MP in Dudley supporting local PPC's Graeme Brown (Dudley North) and Chris D Kelly (Dudley South). Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
William Hague MP and Dudley South candidate Chris D Kelly read the local newspaper. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
On the steps of Dudley Council House, William Hague MP supports the Conservative arty candidate and local Councillors. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
No one escapes Conservative leafleting in Kingswinford. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservatives campaign on NHS policy in Kingswinford. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
MP Chris Philp. PPc for Hampstead and Kilburn. Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010 Hampstead London England.
MP Laura Edge. PPC for Finchley & Golders Green. Hampstead High St. 24th April 2010 Hampstead London England.
Hugh Salmon for Battersea Party. don't Float- Vote! Independent candidate for Battersea
Hugh Salmon for Battersea Party...Independent candidate endorsed by Martin Bell of the Independent Network.
Nick Clegg arrives at Warrington Wolves stadium the day after the first Leader's Debate where he was met by the party faithful and the national media.
The balloon wars on the high street in Ebbw Vale - Vote Dai Davies vs I'm Voting Labour. (Dai Davies is running as an independent candidate). 23/4/10.
SNP event with local candidate Pete Wishart in Perth town centre. 21/4/10.
SNP event with local candidate Pete Wishart in Perth town centre. 21/4/10.
SNP event with local candidate Pete Wishart in Perth town centre. 21/4/10.
Local newspaper headlines. Perth. 21/4/10.
The Disenfranchised - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Hinchley Wood, Surrey (Esher & Walton Constituency). We never see a candidate. We never hear from a candidate. We have opinions, views and problems just like other people but in the safest Conservative Constituency in the country real democracy has been abandoned.
Picture taken near Keswick, Cumbria. Suitable for a caption competition?
Sky News crew prepare for live broadcast of Dudley South general election debate from Kingswinford, Monday 12 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Dudley South Conservative candidate Chris D Kelly has visible support during the live Sky News debate from Kingswinford 12 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Dudley South candidates general election debate gets underway, live on Sky News Monday April 12. Photography by Paul C Wynn.
I liked this sign outside a shop in Hackney - just a little quirk that caught my eye. I've included it in my some things we did project. http://www.flickr.com/photos/susieharrison/collections/72157623817807263/
Media Circus.
Taken in Ardboe, Co.Tyrone..
Caroline Lucas, prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavillion and first Green Party MP
Caroline Lucas, prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavillion and first Green Party MP, campaigning in The Laines, Brighton
Caroline Lucas, prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavillion and first Green Party MP, campaigning in The Laines, Brighton
The historic Beverley Minster played setting for a local political debate ahead of the General Election. Four political candidates took to the platform to answer questions on their party policies at the hustings event which took place on Monday April 26 2010. The candidates included Graham Stuart, the former Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness. He was be joined by the Green Party candidate Bill Rigby, the Labour Party candidate, Ian Saunders and the Liberal Democrat candidate, Craig Dobson.
The historic Beverley Minster played setting for a local political debate ahead of the General Election. Four political candidates took to the platform to answer questions on their party policies at the hustings event which took place on Monday April 26 2010. The candidates included Graham Stuart, the former Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness. He was be joined by the Green Party candidate Bill Rigby, the Labour Party candidate, Ian Saunders and the Liberal Democrat candidate, Craig Dobson.
The 3 faces of the leading parties candidate's are projected onto The White Cliffs of Dover. Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg we're styled to look like the image of Mount Rushmore ahead of the 2nd Political Debate.
The 3 faces of the leading parties candidate's are projected onto The White Cliffs of Dover. Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg we're styled to look like the image of Mount Rushmore ahead of the 2nd Political Debate.
As the full moon rose above the castle, 3 political wizards awoke from a 4 year slumber.. The long journey to Westminster begins on this the 8th night before the election..
As the full moon rose above the castle, 3 political wizards awoke from a 4 year slumber.. The long journey to Westminster begins on this the 8th night before the election..
Accosted by all three main party leaders as I came out of the tube at Westminster - looks like they're anticipating a hung parliament and have started to work together on the campaign trail...
Yet another Conservative bill-board in Dewsbury. Shot as dusck with a long exposure to get the light trails from passing cars. I've nick-named this one "Flash Gordon"
Vote for change, on London's South Bank Monday 19 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative Shadow Minister Damian Green visits Dudley Monday 26 April, photographed being interviewed by local radio station Beacon. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative Shadow Minister Damian Green MP speaking with local market trader in Dudley Monday 26 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative MP Damian Green supporting local PPC's Chris Kelly (Dudley South) and Graeme Brown (Dudley North)around Dudley market Monday 26 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Conservative MP Damian Green with Dudley parliamentary candidates, in front of the Duncan Edwards statue on Monday 26 April. Photograph by Paul C Wynn.
Sparrow Hill - Nottingham Road - Loughborough Vacant © Philip Simms LRPS
From the basement to the ballot box…A SONG FOR DEMOCRACY ROCKS THE POLL! Today, the unofficial song for the Lib Dems leaves Peter Cook’s basement on its way to becoming a Number One hit. The song Democracy was conceived by Peter out of his personal rage against two party ‘pendulum’ politics. Democracy was produced by a motley crew of young people, who are fed up seeing politicians acting more like their shoe size than their age. Although the song came from the basement, it promises to rock the ballot box as Nick Clegg rides the rocky road to restoration, revolution and recovery.
Hackney North and Stoke Newington independent candidate (and Mail on Sunday columnist) Suzanne Moore's punkish election leaflet.
Chris Huhne being inteviewed by the press at Wareham.
Convincing the voter in Aberystwyth,mid Wales.
Election poster for Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly beside the forthcoming Festival of Fools. How could i not take this photograph?
Lib Dem supporters take a break from the proceedings in Aberystwyth.
Labour supporters wave banners opposite the Plaid Cymru rally in Aberystwyth.
Plaid Cymru supporters cover all the angles at their rally in Aberystwyth.
Observing the observer,in the thick of the action in Aberystyth on April 24th.
In full flow at the hustings in Trinity Church , Ashby de la Zouch.Andrew Bridgen for the Conservatives v.Ross Willmott for Labour.
After 90 minutes of sometimes heated debate it's time for a friendly chat.Ross Willmott [Lab] and Paul Reynolds [Lib Dem] reflect.
Winston Churchill photograph and St. George's flag outside the Coach & Horses pub, Wythall.
On Friday 23rd April, Captain Beany and his dedicated followers of the New Millennium Bean Party have a drink outside the Red Lion Public House in Port Talbot (below the official campaign poster) before going on to the streets to canvas for votes. Captain Beany is contesting the Aberavon constituency for the General Election 2010.
Vote Nick! So says one of the many post-it notes on this car.
Chris Huhne being inteviewed at Wareham about his party.
The local Lib Dem Cllrs standing next to Annette Brooke who is the candidate for Mid Dorset and North Poole outside the Farmer's market of Wareham.
Chris Huhne came down to Wareham to support Annette Brooke for the Mid Dorset and North Poole seat for the Lib Dems. He was being interviewed by a reporter of the Daily Echo about his Party and Leader.
Fred Drane showing his support to the Lib Dems.
Chris Huhne being interviewed by the press about his party.
Power 2010 campaigning, University of Stirling.
Car sticker for SNP candidate Peter Wishart, University of Stirling.
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Stylish house and people walking past campaign poster for Sue Farrant, West Dorset Liberal Democrat. April 2010.
An odd juxtaposition of old and new, real and pastiche - a campaign poster for Sue Farrant, West Dorset Liberal Democrat. April 2010.
At the printers: Thousand of leaflets promoting the prospective Tory candidate for Sedgefield
The workers: no campaign without the hard work of the local constituency party members.
I vote for a car wash. Bristol. 22/4/10.
Conservative battle buses. Bristol. 22/4/10.
Graffiti on building that reads 'Ressesion is planned'. Bristol. 22/4/10.
A colourful campaign poster for Conservative PPC for East Devon, Hugo Swire. He is also the Chairman of the Committee on Works of Art, the body who commissioned the Election Artist, Simon Roberts.
Conservative poster in Lyme Regis.
West Dorset candidates at Lyme Regis Amnesty meeting - Oliver Letwin, Conservative PPC for West Dorset (left) answering a question on human rights.
Lyme Regis Amnesty Group candidates meeting - A packed church hall to hear the candidates’ views on human rights issues.
West Dorset candidates at Lyme Regis Amnesty meeting - All 5 West Dorset candidates including Oliver Letwin (left) at Lyme Regis Amnesty Group meeting. West Dorset is a marginal Cons / Lib Dem seat currently held by the Conservatives.
Poster for Amnesty meeting Lyme Regis - The local Amnesty Group in Lyme Regis pulled off something of a coup by managing to get all 5 of the West Dorset candidates together to answer questions on human rights issues.
Is the future orange / yellow? Lib Dem poster in Lyme Regis.
Conservative canvassing - Lyme Regis. The team in buoyant mood.
Canvassing at the chip shop - Lyme Regis. Not getting a lot of interest from the proprietor.
The headline in The Herald reads "Report shows Kirk split over gay ministers" on the day that the SNP launch their manifesto in Glasgow. Monday 19 April.
A Scottish flag given out by the SNP ends up in the bin. Glasgow.
At the printers. These are the rejected posters for the prospective Conservative candidate for Sedgfield.
Millions of leaflets for each party, for each constituency.
The business secretary, Peter Mandelson, on the campaign trail in Blackpool. 15th April 2010.
The business secretary, Peter Mandelson, on the campaign trail in Blackpool. 15th April 2010.
Bohemians. (Labour party HQ) St Leonards, Hastings.
Election poster for the Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson. Questions have been asked about his relationship with property developers after his selling of a "slither" of land beside his home for £5 to a developer who went on to profit from the development of houses
Chris Huhn from Eastleigh came down to Wareham train station to support Annette Brooke a Lib Dem candidate for Mid Dorset. Mrs Brooke was at Wareham to focus on the problems of the town's level crossing, which is labelled one of the most dangerous in the country.
Jack is a well known Lib Dem Supporter and came down to see Chris Huhne and Annette Brooke.
The latest Conservative poster published tonight in response to a similar Labour poster. 22nd April 2010.
The Lib Dems were waiting to meet Chris Huhne and Annette Brooke at Wareham train station where by a cyclist was waiting to walk over the town's level crossing.
Here are the three parliamentary candidates for Mid Dorset and North Poole. From left to right is, Darren Brown for Labour, Annette Brooke for Lib Dem and Nick King for the Conservative.
New Labour on Lace Curtains. A house and former shop on Warwick Road, Sparkbrook.
So whilst Cameron was ahead in the Murdoch-owned polls the morning after the second televised debate, he was lagging behind somewhat in the balloon competition.
More here : http://digyourfins.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/taken-by-trees/ DW x
More here : http://digyourfins.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/taken-by-trees/ DW x
Millenium Square, Bristol - 2nd Leaders Debate - 22/04/10.
Waterfront, Bristol - 2nd Leaders Debate - 22/04/10.
Millenium Square, Bristol - 2nd Leaders Debate - 22/04/10.
A man confronts police blocking Pero's Bridge in Bristol, a few minutes before the Leaders' Debate begins in the Arnolfini arts centre on its far side.
A man is led away by police after a confrontation on Pero's Bridge, Bristol, minutes before the start of the Leaders' Debate.
A crowd in Millennium Square, Bristol, watches the Leaders' Debate on the big screen, broadcast live from the Arnolfini Arts centre on the other side of Bristol's floating harbour.
Market trader Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick, the Independent candidate for Northampton North-- the voters come to him. This shot better illustrates that.
I live in Wirksworth Derbyshire but spotted this on a visit to London. I call it "Safe Seats?"
Poster of Nick Clegg put up on a barrier erected by the police outside the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, which hosted the second Leaders Election Debate. The speech bubble reads 'Cuts worse than Thatcher'. 22nd april.
Found in Hampshire, modified by someone.
Respect Party Headquarters, Sparkbrook, Brimingham. The former Mermaid Pub, which in the seventies was the informal meeting place where dodgy builders looked for workers; a practice known as "lump" labour.
Modified poster found in Hampshire
XXL UKIP poster. There's no doubting which party the occupants of this cottage support! Mudeford, Dorset
Chris Goodall, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, talking to a voter at a stall in Summertown.
Ed Balls, Labour PPC for Morley and Outwood, visits Drighlington Rugby League Football Club. Saturday 17th April.
Ed Balls, Labour PPC for Morley and Outwood, visits Drighlington Rugby League Football Club. Saturday 17th April.
Ed Balls, Labour PPC for Morley and Outwood, does a walkabout with campaign staff in Morley during the St George’s Day festival. Saturday 17th April.
Ed Balls, Labour PPC for Morley and Outwood, does a walkabout with campaign staff in Morley during the St George’s Day festival. Saturday 17th April.
Anthony Calvert, Conservative PPC for Morley and Outwood, does a walkabout with campaign staff in Morley during the St George’s Day festival. He's pictured taking a Labour branded balloon off of one of Ed Balls' campaign team who were also in Morley. Saturday 17th April.
Show us the way forward Dave.
Alistair Burt poster put up without much thought of overall impact - Arlesey Bedfordshire
Buckingham is the constituency of the Speaker John Bercow. The three main parties do not stand for election in that area - just the speaker himself - plus all the minority parties. I never knew about this until today so I popped over there and found UKIP hacve made a headquarters in the town centre. An odd bunch who do not have the ability to all look in the same direction at the same time. I spoke to Buckingham voters - many were dismayed that they had no vote as such (out of big three) others spoke very well of John Bercow being a great local MP irrespective of party (which I believe he has swapped in his history).
Gift cards in a shop in Lewes.
Reflections - Bristol voters gather in Millennium Square to watch the open air live broadcast of the Leaders' which is taking place across the docks in the Arnolfini. 22nd April 2010.
Swayed? - An atmosphere of indecision and possibility hung in the air above Millenium Square on the night of the second Leaders' Debate. 22nd April 2010.
Possibilities - A captive outdoor audience; an unusual election where the general public were passionate enough about politics to turn up en masse to see what their leaders had to say. Gathering in a town square to hear a political debate? A return to grassroots politics? 22nd April 2010
mp sandra gidley in swathling southampton talking to the local people
'You are what you eat' A campaign of free crisps handed out in Leeds, the lib dem flavour seemed to be strangely popular as none were left.... I had to improvise!
'listen to others, even the dull and ignorant' Morley West Yorkshire
Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson Election poster in East Belfast. There have been questions about his relationship with property developers and especially his selling of a piece of land for £5 to a developer who then went on to build a number of properties. With this in mind, the for sale sign in the background was too good not to include
paddington station - the real crisp company were giving away bags of crisps printed in party colours and sporting a mugshot of the relevant leader - they could have done something witty with the flavours but they were all plain salted inside - possibly that was the point, who knows.
big government big problems. Hig Rd, Barnet,London 23th April 2010.
Harvey Taylor independent candidate for Bournemouth West, canvassing in Bournemouth Square, Saturday 24/04/10
Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick, Independent candidate for Northampton North. Market trader gets voters coming to him for a message and a mango.
Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick, Independent candidate for Northampton North. Market trader gets voters coming to him for a message and a mango.
Conservative candidate Michael Ellis Northampton North discusses issues with potential voters.
Conservative candidate Michael Ellis Northampton North discusses issues with potential voters. One underage voter spots a deal might be struck power sharing a blue balloon, and Mum seals the deal.
Conservative candidate Michael Ellis Northampton North discusses issues with potential voters. One underage voter spots a deal might be struck power sharing a blue balloon, and Mum seals the deal.
'Political vandals' have been blamed for tearing down and destroying election posters in South Lakeland, like this one for Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Tim Farron. In the background are posters for Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Gareth McKeever. Burton-in-Kendal.
Election posters for Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Gareth McKeever. Burton-in-Kendal.
Nicely placed outside the poplar pensioners hangout in Coventry...The Gala Bingo hall!
David Cameron joins in on the Sport Mile run with Sport Relief. He is pictured just starting out with the Houses of Parliament behind, 21 March 2010
Antiques Conservative party poster, Poole, Dorset. 21/04/10
I used to be in two minds but now ....
Two adjacent farmers in Stockton-on-Tees with polar political views that sometimes bump up against each other ...
Two adjacent farmers in Stockton-on-Tees with polar political views that sometimes bump up against each other ...
A false party political poster with a quote from Adolf Hitler. Do we really need to "discover" a great leader or have we one already?
Poster by Unison the public service union. Euston Road, next to King's Cross Station. 21th April, 2010 London United Kingdom.
New World Order, Belfast
Alliance Party poster outside a branch of the Ulster Bank
Poster for hardline Unionist Party 'The Traditional Unionist Voice' in loyalist East Belfast. Around midnight last night (22nd April) sectarian grafitti* was daubed on the house and the front windows were smashed. In my opinion, the hardline views expressed by the TUV will lead to an escalation of events like this and cause a rift, dragging Northern Ireland back instead of taking it forward building on the peace that has been in place for 14 years. *(Taig is slang for catholic)
Councillor couple: Mr & Mrs Shing, both of them are councillors of the district where they live and their Chinese takeaway shop locates. Mr Stephen Shing announced the launch for MP election campaigning as an independent candidate on 21 March.
Junk mail.
Remember the horror!
Norwich North candidates at Sprowston High School
Protestor is dragged away at Swansea Lib Dem rally before Nick Clegg arrives
Oliver Heald explains the leaflet - that he is holding upside down. Letchworth Farmers Market
Dad explains to daughter that Oliver Heald is not sellling The Big Issue
Gerry Adams poster seen on the Falls Road of West Belfast
Arlesey Bedfordshire
The leaders debate part 2. Poster advertising the Sky debate, Poole, Dorset
Liberal election poster, Weymouth, Dorset
3 Election posters from 3 Political parties with 3 separate flags. From L-R The Ulster Banner, the Union Jack and the Irish Tricolour. This triptych goes a little way towards helping to understand politics here in Northern Ireland. It's confusing and extremely complex and i am always reminded of the saying "You can't eat flags"
Green Shoots & Vandals - An article in the most recent copy of Westmorland Gazette discusses how 'political vandals' have been blamed for tearing down Tory election posters in South Lakeland. Pictured is Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Gareth McKeever (right) and supporters with the destroyed posters. McKeever told the paper "We were naturally saddened that anyone would want to stop us being able to take our message to the electorate. However, if we can recover from an arson attack that completely destroyed out office and all our records, we can certainly cope with this." (referring to a fire which destroyed the party's Kendal HQ in February).
Conservative candidate for the Doncaster North constituency, Sophie Brodie, takes to the dance floor with Doncaster Rovers' mascot Donny Dog during an event called Rock the Vote at the Earl of Doncaster hotel. Brodie had organised the event to try and raise voter participation, particularly amongst youth, in the upcoming election. Sunday 18th April 2010.
Conservative candidate for the Doncaster North constituency, Sophie Brodie, poses at the bar with Doncaster Rovers' mascot Donny Dog during an event called Rock the Vote at the Earl of Doncaster hotel. Brodie had organised the event to try and raise voter participation, particularly amongst youth, in the upcoming election. Sunday 18th April 2010.
Like many people I have lost faith in politicians, and the political system. I believe we need a change, but nobody is offering anything different. This apathy inspired me to create some paintings to show my feelings. However, canvases didn't seem to do it justice so I decided to build two 2ft x 3ft brick walls in my house to spray paint. In the spirit of this desired change, I modeled the works on the famous Che Guevara Revolucion image. I felt the need to paint both major party leaders as they are both as bad as each other and neither seem capable of delivering what is necessary for the good of our country. B£N Artworks/ benartworks@live.co.uk
Like many people I have lost faith in politicians, and the political system. I believe we need a change, but nobody is offering anything different. This apathy inspired me to create some paintings to show my feelings. However, canvases didn't seem to do it justice so I decided to build two 2ft x 3ft brick walls in my house to spray paint. In the spirit of this desired change, I modeled the works on the famous Che Guevara Revolucion image. I felt the need to paint both major party leaders as they are both as bad as each other and neither seem capable of delivering what is necessary for the good of our country. B£N Artworks/ benartworks@live.co.uk
Like many people I have lost faith in politicians, and the political system. I believe we need a change, but nobody is offering anything different. This apathy inspired me to create some paintings to show my feelings. However, canvases didn't seem to do it justice so I decided to build two 2ft x 3ft brick walls in my house to spray paint. In the spirit of this desired change, I modeled the works on the famous Che Guevara Revolucion image. I felt the need to paint both major party leaders as they are both as bad as each other and neither seem capable of delivering what is necessary for the good of our country. B£N Artworks/ benartworks@live.co.uk
I took my three month old baby, Robin, to meet Tony Benn at the launch of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in Islington North. I wanted a picture of Mr Benn holding the baby, but he seemed rather suspicious of that idea. As soon as the camera came out, the others gathered round to get into the photograph.
One of three mock up party political posters which are in response to the first leaders' debate. This is a direct quote from Nick Clegg on the night.
One of three mock up party political posters which are in response to the first leaders' debate. This is a direct quote from Gordon Brown on the night.
One of three mock up party political posters which are in response to the first leaders' debate. This is not a direct Cameron quote, however it represents the many anecdotes he used during his time on live TV.
Fly poster, Hanbury Street, London E1
Che Guevara stares at posters of Brown and Cameron.
Che Guevara stares at posters of Brown and Cameron.
Chris Maines winning here, in this exact spot, on a street corner in New Cross.
Morning coffee and some light reading!
Xercise your vote
Heres some political correctness...recycling all the political propaganda
UKIP poster, seen from Worth Matravers car park, rural Dorset
I Agree With Nick – a party political poster from the Liberal Democrats, downloaded from their website with the instructions “Please print this poster in colour, cut straight along the dotted lines & display this in your window as a diamond.”
Grass-roots support, Wharfedale, Yorkshire
WELL, IT IS A CONSERVATIVE PRESTATYN TOWN?
The sky's the limit in Lancashire
CAMERON, HAGUE AND BOURNE WRIGHT IN PRESTATYN
His favourite brand!
Her favourite uncle
Hellooo handsome!
On Saturday the 17th April I was asked to take some photos for the Lib Dems. They were canvassing on the streets of Broadstone, Dorset. From Left to Right is, Cllr Susan Jefferies, Cllr Graham Mason and Caroline Brookes.
Leader of scottish Labour Party Ian Gray campaign in Dundee 20th April
Jim McGovern standing candidate for Labour Dundee West with leader of the Scottish Labour Party Ian Gray 20th April
On the streets of Dundee West with Jim McGovern standing candidate for labour with leader of Scottish Labour Party Ian Gray 20th April
Jim McGovern standing candidate for Dundee West with Scottish Labour Leader Ian Gray at 'Claverhouse' training centre for the unemployed. 20th April
Protest Demonstartion againts the Nicks Griffin's interview at BBC. 22th October 2009. by daniel collada.
A poster for Richard Boudier (Labour for Ceredigion) located in the village of Ffosyffin in the constituency
A campaign promise kept - underage voter collects her prize without regard to whether it's blue, red, yellow or green.
Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick is an Independent running for Northampton North MP. As a market trader, he gets voters coming to him.
Campaigners for Northampton North Conservative candidate Michael Ellis make their point.
Northampton North Conservative candidate Michael Ellis campaigning in town centre
Northampton South Conservative MP Brian Binley faces the voters again.
Martin McAuley who is the youngest candidate standing in Northern Ireland for the Westminister Election. Pictured flanked by his back room team. Standing in the North Belfast constituency he is standing as independent candidate and is looking to engage young first time voters and to move away from the 'barrier politics' ie sectarian so prevalent in Northern Ireland.
Gordon Brown at party rally in Kirkaldy 9th April
Gordon Brown at party rally in Kirkaldy 9th April
Gordon Brown at party rally in Kirkaldy 9th April
Bernard King, Left, Principal of Abertay University Dundee meeting Alistair Darling with standing Labour candidate for Dundee west, Jim McGovern.16th April
A tour of the University at Abertay Dundee. Bernard King,right explaining the the Universities position as a leader in the the tuition of the creating of computer games to Alistair Darling and standing Labour candidate Jim McGovern 16th April
Alistair Darling in Dundee at Abertay University 16th April
I was asked to take some photos for the Lib Dems, last Saturday. From Left to right is Cllr Mike Brooke of the Lib Dems, Nicholas Woolf Freelance Reporter, Jon Foster Personal Assistant to Annette and Annette Brooke MP of Mid Dorset.
Annette Brooke MP of Mid Dorset and North Poole talking to Nicholas Wolf about the Lib Dems in Dorset.
Canvassing at the door
Testicular Cancer Marathon Runner 0760 and No 1. The first Brighton marathon, 18.04.2010.
Running Green in Brighton. The first Brighton marathon, 18.04.2010.
Luciana Berger and Stephen Twigg (both Labour PPC's) playing bingo at Mecca Bingo, East Prescot Road, Liverpool. Stephen and Luciana had been there to sign The Bingo Bond, a campaign to reduce the rate of tax on bingo, which is higher than other gaming sectors (including online bingo).
Labour PPC Stephen Twigg holds his £100 cash prize after winning a full house at bingo. Stephen had attended the Mecca Bingo hall on East Prescot Road, Liverpool to sign The Bingo Bond (which Stephen can be seen holding) - a campaign to reduce the rate of tax on bingo, which is higher than other gaming sectors (including online bingo).
Luciana Berger (Labour PPC) in discussion with a voter at Mecca Bingo, East Prescot Road, Liverpool. Luciana had been there to sign The Bingo Bond, a campaign to reduce the rate of tax on bingo, which is higher than other gaming sectors (including online bingo).
Oh Dave! Bookies back hung parliament as Lib Dems top polls - Screengrab from Dods Election 2010 Bulletin on this morning's Epolitix.com
Austin Sheridan MSYP, Candidate for the 2011 SYP election Glasgow Southside Constituency.
The official monster raving loony party.StIves,Cambridgeshire was celebrating, receiving its Town charter, 900 years ago, with a medieval reenactment of the event. All the established politicians and Town officials, were taking part in the parade. The townsfolk, would normally have been fascinated by him on a Saturday morning. But he cut such an incongruous sight,amongst the medieval reenactment , that despite hundreds of people standing within yards of him an great empty space opened around him.
Stephen Twigg and Luciana Berger (Labour PPC's) with Bryn Tyrrell, General Manager of Mecca Bingo, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. Mr Twigg and Ms Berger are holding their Bingo Bonds - a campaign to lower the rate of Bingo Tax.
Yet more half truths?
Annette Brooke MP of Mid Dorset and North Poole talking to Nicholas Woolf a freelance reporter about the Lib Dems in Dorset.
As seen in the West Midlands and cruelly cropped
Nick Bent on the trail for votes in Warrington South.
Election posters in the window of the Turkish Social Club on Newington Green in Hackney.
Burnt SInn Fein poster
Is the Union flag a beacon too?
Cllr Susan Jefferies and Annette Brookes MP of Mid Dorset and Poole talking to Nicholas Woolf a freelance reporter about the Lib Dems in Dorset.
Sinn Fein President at the launch of the Party Manifesto, pointing at Belfast Lough where he has served time on the prison ship Maidstone
The schism in Ulster Unionism is evident with the posters from the Ulster Unionist Partys' rivals, the Democratic Unionist Party and the Traditional Unionist Voice, on display outside it's East Belfast constituency office
A Facebook group growing day by day...
Sitting on the fence?
This bin on my street has been broken for a couple of years now, and yet to be fixed. Whilst this is a small issue in the grand scheme of things, i think it's a fitting reflection on the futility of current waste management methods.
UKIP, who? Longham, Dorset
Western Gazette-Election Special East Chinnock, Somerset
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, takes a photograph on his blackberry of balloons in his Labour Party campaign HQ in Morley. 17th April 2010.
'Politics as art' - campaign balloons in our Labour campaign HQ, Morley. Day 19 of campaign. 17/4/2010.
This photo was taken in Trafalgar Square on the 10th April 2010 at a demonstration sponsored by public service unions. The risk of cuts public sector expenditure and jobs was the focus of the demo.
This photo was taken in Trafalgar Square on the 10th April 2010 at a demonstration sponsored by public service unions. The risk of cuts public sector expenditure and jobs was the focus of the demo. There were a relatively large number of pensioners in attendance.
This photo was taken in Trafalgar Square on the 10th April 2010 at a demonstration sponsored by public service unions. The risk of cuts public sector expenditure and jobs was the focus of the demo. There were a relatively large number of pensioners in attendance.
This photo was taken in Trafalgar Square on the 10th April 2010 at a demonstration sponsored by public service unions. The risk of cuts public sector expenditure and jobs was the focus of the demo. There were a relatively large number of pensioners in attendance.
This photo was taken in Trafalgar Square on the 10th April 2010 at a demonstration sponsored by public service unions. The risk of cuts public sector expenditure and jobs was the focus of the demo.
The new duck on the block - congratulations to Nick Clegg on a successful first debate. Long may the two parties of 'old politics' remain at your feet.
The first ever UK leader's debate seen from my front room in Sale, Greater Manchester.
Starting to gather for the NPC demonstration on Saturday 10th April - Defending the Welfare State and Public Services. Up to 10,000 pensioners, students, carers, health professionals, the unemployed and trade unionists took to the street to warn the main political parties that they should think again before making cuts to the welfare state and public services.
The coffin arrives for our group for the NPC demonstration on Saturday 10th April - Defending the Welfare State and Public Services. Up to 10,000 pensioners, students, carers, health professionals, the unemployed and trade unionists took to the street to warn the main political parties that they should think again before making cuts to the welfare state and public services.
More people arrive for the NPC demonstration on Saturday 10th April - Defending the Welfare State and Public Services. Up to 10,000 pensioners, students, carers, health professionals, the unemployed and trade unionists took to the street to warn the main political parties that they should think again before making cuts to the welfare state and public services.
Brown and Cameron in a shop window. The North Laines, Brighton.
Election campaign poster in Cheshire for our local Conservative MP - George Gideon Oliver Osborne, Member of Parliament for Tatton and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The election debate competes with the Pope on the inner pages of the Canadian newspaper, the National Post, being read on a rooftop deck in Toronto overlooking the CN Tower, Toronto's very tall downtown landmark.
A facebook page with some rather anti-Conservative views..!
David Cameron stares out from a Sky TV billboard in Bradford advertising their upcoming leaders debate. 16/4/10.
Rushanara Ali, Prospective Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow, puts up one of her campaign posters in our battle-bus. It came down shortly after! 12th April 2010.
Rushanara Ali, Prospective Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow, puts up one of her campaign posters in our battle-bus. It came down shortly after! 12th April 2010.
I Want My Hospital Back - First they closed the A&E to emergencies. Now they are closing the Childrens ward at Burnley General. Join the campaign today.
I Want My Hospital Back - First they closed the A&E to emergencies. Now they are closing the Childrens ward at Burnley General. Join the campaign today.
Waffle from the Parliamentary Waffle House, an election based bar and eatery in London (credit: Andrew Stellitano)
Distributing leaflets in Letchworth Garden City for Tory candidate Oliver Heald
Sam Gyimah, Tory candidate for East Surrey, meets the grocer in Limpsfield High Street
Sam Gyimah engages postmaster John Tolley in the Limspfield High Street (volunteer run) post office
Leafy Limpsfield embraces Sam Gyimah, but mutterings of disappointment at leader's performance in debate number 1
April 15th - East Surrey Sam Gyimah "already home and dry" as the new MP according to report from the Electoral Reform Society - his opponents "might as well pack up and go home now".
UKIP "votepurple" still in the race for East Surrey
Straight Talking UKIP candidate for East Surrey, Helena Windsor
Helena Windsor, UKIP candidate for East Surrey, receives warmest of embraces from a well-wisher in Oxted
Coalition building (?) between East Surrey UKIP and Tory candidates, Helena Windsor and Sam Gyimah in Oxted
Canvasing is child's play in Oxted
Lots of activity in Cambridge today. Most popular of all was a "throw an egg at a politician" event. The politician (left) wore the rosettes of all three main parties; meanwhile "V" (right) egged the throwers on: "don't worry, all his cleaning is on expenses".
Karen Buckley, Conservative candidate for Hyndburn and Haslingden, drops by for a chat and to honour the baby tradition!
Ceredigion is the third most marginal Lib Dem seat in the whole of the United Kingdom (and the most marginal Lib Dem seat in Wales) and has been attracting a lot of media attention. This is a photograph of an ITV1 Wales reporter and cameraman relaxing after interviewing electors in Aberaeron (the town that will host the count on May 6th)
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat. He was handing out leaflets for the local people outside White City Station. I asked him politely if it was ok to photograph to him and his colleagues, which he was more than happy to do. It is my aim to focus on taking as many chances as possible to capture the relationship between Politics and People, especially throughout General Election.
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat. He was handing out leaflets for the local people outside White City Station. I asked him politely if it was ok to photograph to him and his colleagues, which he was more than happy to do. It is my aim to focus on taking as many chances as possible to capture the relationship between Politics and People, especially throughout General Election.
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat. He was handing out leaflets for the local people outside White City Station. I asked him politely if it was ok to photograph to him and his colleagues, which he was more than happy to do. It is my aim to focus on taking as many chances as possible to capture the relationship between Politics and People, especially throughout General Election.
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat.
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat. He was handing out leaflets for the local people outside White City Station. I asked him politely if it was ok to photograph to him and his colleagues, which he was more than happy to do. It is my aim to focus on taking as many chances as possible to capture the relationship between Politics and People, especially throughout General Election.
This image was taken on Monday the 12th of April where I bumped into my local MP Andy Slaughter who is campaigning to be elected for the new Hammersmith seat. He was handing out leaflets for the local people outside White City Station. I asked him politely if it was ok to photograph to him and his colleagues, which he was more than happy to do. It is my aim to focus on taking as many chances as possible to capture the relationship between Politics and People, especially throughout General Election.
Tory gordon brown poster in Croydon
Election literature for Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Canning Town, in the Labour campaign headquarters.
Election literature for Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Canning Town, in the Labour campaign headquarters.
Conservative election campaign billboard mocking Gordon Brown on display near London Bridge.
Peter Roberts (Labour PPC for North East Cambridgeshire)- on right. 14th April 2010.
Paddy Ashdown the Former Leader of the Lib Dems having a quick snap shot before finishing his canvassing with Annette Brooke MP at Springdale Road Dorset.
Caroline Brooke canvassing with Paddy Ashdown in Dorset.
"Little devil" Incumbant MP Poole, Dorset
"Sea View" Conservative posters, Studland, Dorset
Salford lads gathered in a local pub to watch and discuss the first election debate.
This is a photo of the telly during the debate. It looks like Gordon is telling David what he thinks of his policies.
Please find attached the latest Conservative Poster of Gordon Brown being displayed on a billboard in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens ahead of the TV debate.
Brighton. 14th April 2010. Proud to be green!
Lewes. More Liberal voters than anything else.
ooo p'haps the odd Tory scatted about in Lewes?
I live in Moss Side (Manchester) and that leaflet came through my front door. I like the project, so I wanted to send this image to document the election.
Hey Simon! I hope you are well and enjoying touring the country! Let me know if you are in Manchester there'll always be a bed for you here. It all sounds so exciting! I snapped this picture on my mobile today at Uni (Edge Hill). I've not seen another one like it at all, so it seems to be a lone poster probably by a lone protester! My picture does not capture the lack of interest in this poster by passers by, as not one person looked at it.. James
Well whoever wins in Crawley on May 6th has got their work cut out if these newspaper headlines are anything to go by
Gay flashmob in front of conservative party hq. April 11, 2010
Adjusted poster found near Winchester
Emily Benn parliamentary candidate East Worthing & Shoreham by Sea
Vote Green. "All you need is one poster in the right place."
Support the Robin Hood tax
Campaign workers for Conservative PPC for Harlow, Robert Halfon, unload banners ready to display at the side of the A414 during morning rush hour. Tuesday 13th April.
Vanda, the partner of Prospective Harlow Conservative MP Robert Halfon, displays a campaign poster at the side of the A414 during morning rush hour. Tuesday 13th April.
Peter Roberts, North East Cambridgeshire Labour candidate, is interviewed by ITV Anglia during a leafleting session in the town of March. Tuesday 13th April.
The Hon, Tristram Hunt (son of Lord Hunt of Chesterton), out campaigning on the streets of Stoke. Hunt is a historian, broadcaster and newspaper columnist and was recently selected as the Labour Party candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central. Wednesday 14th April.
Paddy Ashdown the Former Leader of the Lib Dems with Annette Brooke MP of Mid Dorset and North Poole, canvassing for the General Election.
A billboard in Birmingham Hall Green featuring Respect party leader and parliamentary candidate Salma Yaqoob.
Some of the members and supporters who celebrated the launch of the Hull and East Yorkshire Green Party’s general election campaign in the middle of a field!! Mike Jackson, candidate for Yorkshire East is on the left of the photo with his 2 children – one disguised as a polar bear! Bill Rigby is lurking at the back near the right, Shan took the photo, and Martin Deane was just about to turn up...but it was a memorable occasion rounded off nicely by a half in the King’s Head. The Green Party manifesto will be out on Thursday. Best Shan Oakes Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Haltemprice and Howden 01482 862085, 07769 607710 http://shanoakes.blogspot.com www.y-hgreenparty.org.uk/shan Published by Bill Rigby for the Hull and East Riding Green Party at 3 Norwood Beverley HU17 9ET
Paddy Ashdown The Former Leader of the Lib Dems, came to support Annette Brooke MP of Mid Dorset and North Poole. He spent a couple of hours canvassing with Annette Brooke in Springdown Road.
Chairman of Chinese Conservative Kam Lee introducing George Lee, a British Chinese candidate to the elderly at Camden Chinese Community Centre on 30 March
All over the Dewsbury are you can't fail to see these Conservative bill-boards. This was taken at Staincliffe traffic lights and was a quick(ish) snap out of the car.
Time is running out, who would you vote for in the General Election?
The latest Shoreditch installation from #DrD in progress - like his thinking
Menzies Campbell campaigning in Dunshalt in Fife. Meeting a first time voter. He came into our garden for a look.
Menzies Campbell seems to be dancing down the street in the Wynd,Dunshalt,Fife. Out campaigning with local councillor Donald Lothian.
The British National Party seem to be the most active party in Coventry at the moment....This is the second time in a fortnight that they have canvassed the area.
Depression
Photo taken by Miss Danika Westwood I was invited to take some photos of the Lib Dems canvassing in Dorset for Annette Brookes MP of Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Wall, Belfast.
Gordon Brown - You're barred for life! Charing Cross Road, London.
Campaign literature from the Green Party, which arrived this morning. East Dulwich. 12/4/10.
Sign spotted on a Belfast Street, which reads 'No politicians here get an honest job!!!' 12th April.
Wall, university area, Belfast
Emily Benn, Parliamentary candidate West Worthing and Shoreham by Sea in Campaign Centre. Saturday 10th April 2010.
Emily Benn, Parliamentary Candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham taken having a cuppa in doorway of her Campaign centre. Saturday 10th April 2010.
Whilst hunting out the campaign trail in Dewsbury I spotted this headline of the PM.
I came across this hand made political notice (in Lib Dem colours?) stuck to a bus stop in Islington on Sunday 11th April. It reads: "Who ever you vote for, one thing is obvious brown is a compulsive liar" And underneath someone's scrawled "but a wise bloke so vote for him"
A dog bite inflicted during leafleting in my local constituency - the first of many? I hope not!
Seemed quite topical, pensions being in the bin as we build up to voting on 6 May...
A campaign poster for our local Conservative candidate for Devices Constituency, Claire Perry, in a field outside Marlborough (sorry about my thumb!).
Reality, there is always a blue sky on the horizon. But the state of our economy, for which we all should be held accountable is perhaps the hardest of times financially most 20-30 year olds have ever witnessed in this country.
Spin and Win Sein Fein Poster f(ront and back) with accompanying billboards. Mountpottinger Rd/Albertbridge Rd Belfast
Election poster for the Green Party Ormeau Road Belfast
Election poster for Ulster Conservatives and Ulster Unionist Party Dublin Road Belfast
Winchester, Hampshire. The audience for a street performer has relegated the candidate to the background.
Tory poster in a field on the A28 near Brede in East Sussex.
The only "political" poster I've seen locally so far. Joan Ryan is the sitting MP for Enfield North. I don't know who posted this notice.
The problem of apathy
How visible are independent candidates?
Westminster power station!
Harvey Taylor – General Election Independent Candidate for Bournemouth West (dressed in black suit) campaigns in Bournemouth town centre on Friday evening. On his website Taylor comments - "For years political parties have alienated voters. The expenses scandal and MPs’ responses to banking bonuses have demonstrated that party politicians no longer understand the lives of ordinary people. When I started thinking about who to vote for I realised there was only one thing I could do to make a difference. So now I have decided to do it." Read more about Taylor's campaign here - http://voteharveytaylor.co.uk/
Luton South Labour candidate, Gavin Shuker with Newsnight's Michael Crick.
Sir Michael Caine is left to right as seen in The Daily Star 9th April 2010.
Darren Caplan and Simon Nayyar conservative parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch respectively hit the campaign trail on Broadway Market yesterday. Their patch directly outside the Cat & Mutton, a favourite haunt of London's uber-trendy stylist/designer/artist/filmmaker crowd, hence the pink shirts of their supporters? Big swing'd be needed for them to get in here (Hackney N is vs Diane Abbott). Saturday 10th April 2010.
Darren Caplan and Simon Nayyar conservative parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch respectively hit the campaign trail on Broadway Market yesterday. Their patch directly outside the Cat & Mutton, a favourite haunt of London's uber-trendy stylist/designer/artist/filmmaker crowd, hence the pink shirts of their supporters? Big swing'd be needed for them to get in here (Hackney N is vs Diane Abbott). Saturday 10th April 2010.
Darren Caplan and Simon Nayyar conservative parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch respectively hit the campaign trail on Broadway Market yesterday. Their patch directly outside the Cat & Mutton, a favourite haunt of London's uber-trendy stylist/designer/artist/filmmaker crowd, hence the pink shirts of their supporters? Big swing'd be needed for them to get in here (Hackney N is vs Diane Abbott). Saturday 10th April 2010.
Darren Caplan and Simon Nayyar conservative parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch respectively hit the campaign trail on Broadway Market yesterday. Their patch directly outside the Cat & Mutton, a favourite haunt of London's uber-trendy stylist/designer/artist/filmmaker crowd, hence the pink shirts of their supporters? Big swing'd be needed for them to get in here (Hackney N is vs Diane Abbott). Saturday 10th April 2010.
East Surrey Tory Campaign launch for new candidate Sam Gyimah, replacing Peter Ainsworth. Battle bus arrives at Oxted, Surrey 10th April
Walkabout in Station Road East, Oxted, Surrey on the campaign launch for new Tory candidate, Sam Gyimah, fighting his first Parliamentary seat. He's joined by previous MP Peter Ainsworth and by Philip Hammond MP
Sam Gyimah sets the pace down Station Road East, Oxted, Surrey during the launch of his campaign. Peter Ainsworth MP and Philip Hammond MP follow.
Sam Gyimah considers a haircut in Turnstyles, Station Road East, Oxted during his campaign launch on Saturday
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again. 11 April 2010.
I am a student at Barking Abbey Sixth Form and I was informed about a canvassing event against the BNP via my photography teacher. I became interested to attend as it was a good shoot for my photography project and it is an issue which really concerns me. I enjoyed taking part in canvassing and I am looking to participate again.
Is this the end for duck houses? Tory poster in Southampton, Hampshire 09/04/10
Charles Bennett, UKIP Parliamentary Candidate for North Wiltshire campaigning in Wootton Bassett on Friday 9th April 2010. Bennett is a former British Army Officer and ex-Police Inspector (in Zimbabwe).
Members of the public pay their respects on the streets of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire on Friday 9th April following the repatriation of two soldiers to RAF Lyneham.
Members of the public pay their respects on the streets of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire on Friday 9th April following the repatriation of two soldiers to RAF Lyneham.
Mr Brown Sucks from the series 'Your Opinion Matters'
I have seen many of these Conservative bill-boards around our area in Dewsbury, I guess because this is a Labour seat that could be swung given the Shahid Malek expenses scandal of recent months. What I wanted was a bill board that was situated in contrast with something that could also be linked with politics in some way. I chose to submit this today because the bill-board is right next to a busy off-license and given the recent hikes in alcohol duty I thought this was quite fitting.
Election poster for Penri James (Plaid Cymru candidate in Ceredigion) in the town of Aberaeron
Election poster for Luke Evetts (Conservative candidate in Ceredigion) near to the town of Aberaeron
This is what greeted me this morning...
Political hustings held at the North Finchley Mosque on 7th April 2010. The panel included prospective parliamentary candidates Mike Freer (Conservative), Alison Moore (Labour) and Laura Edge (Liberal Democrat). It was hosted by the Barnet Muslim Forum.
Political hustings held at the North Finchley Mosque on 7th April 2010. The panel included prospective parliamentary candidates Mike Freer (Conservative), Alison Moore (Labour) and Laura Edge (Liberal Democrat). It was hosted by the Barnet Muslim Forum.
Expenses are still a big topic on our street.
TITLE - "I'm off to ask Her Majesty for my P45" 3D - needs red/green or red/cyan glasses
TITLE - "THE MAJESTIC MR HAGUE" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "ADAM TELLS IT HOW IT IS" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Hmmmmmmm....." I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Bye Bye, Good luck in the future..." I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Would you buy a used car from these men???" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Please look at me first" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Ming, wheres your Guardian" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Just what I dreamed in the dorms of Eaton" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "Beautiful smile Vince, Sadly, the best chancellor we may never have" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
TITLE - "They like to point these SKY guys dont they" I had some fun with a 3D camera on the day the whole thing officially kicked off. Just thought asking people a simple question. "Whos got the most depth" LOL Get your red/green or red/cyan glasses ready and have a laugh.
An election poster for Mark Williams (the Liberal Democrat candidate for Ceredigion) located in the village of Ffosyffin (south of Aberaeron)
09.24am, 8th april 2010, victoria station
09.55am, 8th april 2010, outside temple tube
11.07am 8th april 2010, charing cross road
UKIP Leader Lord Pearson walks across College Green in Westminster with his aide in tow, holding an umbrella.
Litter bin number 1 - Mill Hill Broadway tube station in London contains, among other things, Conservative Party campaign flyers.
Litter bin number 2 - Mill Hill Broadway tube station in London contains, among other things, Conservative Party campaign flyers.
Litter bin number 3 - Mill Hill Broadway tube station in London contains, among other things, Conservative Party campaign flyers.
Litter bin number 4 - Mill Hill Broadway tube station in London contains, among other things, Conservative Party campaign flyers.
Campaign poster for the local Conservative candidate, Matthew Offord, outside a house in Mill Hill Broadway.
REMEMBER, YOUR VOTE COUNTS
An election poster for the Conservative party in Edinburgh, Scotland. The education system in Scotland is a devolved matter and is run by the Scottish Parliament.
"Your chance to chuck out Brown, says Cameron", The Sun.
More posters out and about in the world. April 6th 2010.
Shot this on my journey to work this morning. The headline caught my eye because it's the same tired line all the main parties use - especially when they are under pressure. It wasn't until after I grabbed the shot that I noticed the juxtaposition between the young women Reading the article with some interest & the apparent despondancy of the guy in the background. April 7th 2010.
A leaflet from local Conservative party came through letter box this morning, a few days after the Surrey Mirror newspaper reported that 100 members of the Conservative association in Surrey East have signed a petition calling on David Cameron to remove Sam Gyimah as Conservative candidate. 7th April.
News from Day 1 of the election campaign read by fellow commuters on their way to work this morning (Wednesday 7th April).
News from Day 1 of the election campaign read by fellow commuters on their way to work this morning (Wednesday 7th April).
Labour Party campaigning in Hove constituency.
Labour Party campaigning in Hove constituency.
Labour Party campaigning in Hove constituency.
Front door of Conservative Party HQ in the Hove constituency.
sun set.
sun set
This was taken at the G20 protests last year.
Re-election candidate Graham Allen on a Christmas assignment on Main Street in Bulwell, Nottingham
Re-election candidate Graham Allen on a Christmas assignment on Main Street, Bulwell, Nottingham
the impression and frustration i have about the parties .... I can`t vote, cause I am not British citizen, but after 20 years living in Britain I am following closely what `s going on ... Currently it just seems to be a big messy affair of promises and non promises......
Campaign leaflets on the doorstep. March 2010.
Will it be the "The Sun Wot Won It"?
Depression. The view from my window during this election.
Conservative Party election poster with the slogan: I've never voted Tory before, but we need to sort out the economy
Conservative Party election poster with the slogan: I've never voted Tory before, but we've got to mend our broken society
Conservative Party election poster with the slogan: I've never voted Tory before, but we need to sort out the economy
Local newspaper photographer captures launch of Radio DJ Chris Oxlade's campaign to be voted in as the labour MP for Crawley
RADIO DJ and county councillor Chris Oxlade on the stomp in Crawley as the labour campaign is launched in the most marginal constituency on the country, just 37 votes.
Radio DJ Chris Oxlade receives local concerns as he launches his campaign in Crawley
The balloons are out as the Crawley campaign is launched. Radio DJ Chris Oxlade is the labour candidate who hopes to replace the sitting labour MP Laure Moffat (third from the left) who is stepping down in this most marginal of all constituencies.
Teachers, healthworkers and police staff fear that plans to offload 1,500 properties could leave them homeless ... Which government can help them save their homes?
A slow start to the election in Scarborough. Only the newspaper posters hint at what is to come. Newsagents, St Helen's Square
A slow start to the election in Scarborough. Only the newspaper posters hint at what is to come. Evening News Offices, Aberdeen Walk.
Filing the Election paperwork.
Interesting political campaign by BMW in The Times newspaper
6th April 2010
South Bank, London
Betting outside Houses of Parliament. April 6th 2010
William Hauge outside House of Parliament April 6th 2010
William Hauge, Huw Edwards and a Protester on College Green outside Houses of Parliament. April 6th 2010
Media outside Houses of PArliament on the day the election is called. 6th April 2010
Labour supporters listen to a speech by Ed Milliband,
Ed Milliband rouses supporters at a fund raiser in Tower Hamlets.
Ooan King raises Labour funds with a raffle in Bow.
A residents hustings meeting between political parties standing in the Ladywood constituency of Birmingham for the 2010 General Elections and local council elections. Attended by Cllr Carl Rice (Labour), Sharon Pennant (Conservatives) and Ben Bradley (Green Party). The Lib Dem candidate David Nikel was invited but couldn't attend. Chaired by Gary Darlison. Meeting organised and attended by TRACT (Tenants and Residents of Cleveland Tower) in Birmingham.
A residents hustings meeting between political parties standing in the Ladywood constituency of Birmingham for the 2010 General Elections and local council elections. Attended by Cllr Carl Rice (Labour), Sharon Pennant (Conservatives) and Ben Bradley (Green Party). The Lib Dem candidate David Nikel was invited but couldn't attend. Chaired by Gary Darlison. Meeting organised and attended by TRACT (Tenants and Residents of Cleveland Tower) in Birmingham.
A residents hustings meeting between political parties standing in the Ladywood constituency of Birmingham for the 2010 General Elections and local council elections. Attended by Cllr Carl Rice (Labour), Sharon Pennant (Conservatives) and Ben Bradley (Green Party). The Lib Dem candidate David Nikel was invited but couldn't attend. Chaired by Gary Darlison. Meeting organised and attended by TRACT (Tenants and Residents of Cleveland Tower) in Birmingham.
A residents hustings meeting between political parties standing in the Ladywood constituency of Birmingham for the 2010 General Elections and local council elections. Attended by Cllr Carl Rice (Labour), Sharon Pennant (Conservatives) and Ben Bradley (Green Party). The Lib Dem candidate David Nikel was invited but couldn't attend. Chaired by Gary Darlison. Meeting organised and attended by TRACT (Tenants and Residents of Cleveland Tower) in Birmingham.
A residents hustings meeting between political parties standing in the Ladywood constituency of Birmingham for the 2010 General Elections and local council elections. Attended by Cllr Carl Rice (Labour), Sharon Pennant (Conservatives) and Ben Bradley (Green Party). The Lib Dem candidate David Nikel was invited but couldn't attend. Chaired by Gary Darlison. Meeting organised and attended by TRACT (Tenants and Residents of Cleveland Tower) in Birmingham.
I have been working on a project called Make a Mark. We have been working with leading artists and designers to make posters for the election campaign.
I have been working on a project called Make a Mark. We have been working with leading artists and designers to make posters for the election campaign.
I have been working on a project called Make a Mark. We have been working with leading artists and designers to make posters for the election campaign.
I have been working on a project called Make a Mark. We have been working with leading artists and designers to make posters for the election campaign.
This is an intervention I made in IKEA a few weeks ago. Everyone should copy it!
Clerkenwell Communist meeting.
The same shot but further away, the one is better...
Shouting the Odds, Parliament Square, 6 April
Leaving Downing Street, 11am, 6 April
Watch for the elderly vote, Parliament Square, 6 April
Ready for a hung parliament, 6 April
Already at a discount, Westminster, 6 April
"The Ghost of Elections Past"
Dissolution day marks the beginning of the Election. This stack of newspapers outside Brixton tube didn't last long!
Caroline Kerswell Cllr Ahmed Hussain (both mile end east conservative council candidates) with Zak Khan Conservative Parliamentary Candidate after the open primary win in Bethnal Green and Bow
Caroline Kerswell conservative council candidate in Mile end east fundraiser with supporters and the LA member for East London Andrew Boff.
Caroline Kerswell conservative council candidate in Mile end east at the Cemetery park mile end rememberance sunday remembering her family that served in the war and helped rescue survivors during the blitz
Caroline Kerswell conservative council candidate in Mile end east delivering leaflets in the local estates and petting a dog
Caroline Kerswell conservative council candidate in Mile end east delivering leaflets with Cllr Tim Archer Parliamentary Candidate for Poplar and Limehouse
through the letter box....support the Public and Commercial services union....
The Surrey Mirror newspaper (the headline seen here outside a shop in Oxted) has reported that 100 members of the Conservative association in Surrey East have signed a petition calling on David Cameron to remove Sam Gyimah as Conservative candidate. Sunday 4th april.
Girl Power!
A 'Notice of Election' stuck to a pillar box in the Crawley Borough Council. Saturday 3rd April.
Alex Salmond
Autumn Conference With Nicola Getting Standing Avation
2010 Alex Salmond Closing Speech
Political Canard's
No the prison, Yes to the hospital
Dr Loveday Jenkin Mebyon Kernow PPC for Camborne Redruth and Hayle post speach at the a Trelawney Alliance Hustings. The Trelawney Alliance is a group fighting the 68,000 proposed new homes in Cornwall in the next 20 years.
Dr Phillip Lee, Conservative Party Candidate for the Bracknell Constituency.
Conservative Party, Bracknell Constituency.
Dr Phillip Lee, Conservative Party Candidate for the Bracknell Constituency.
Signing nomination papers for Dr Phillip Lee, Conservative Party Candidate for the Bracknell Constituency.
Signing nomination papers for Dr Phillip Lee, Conservative Party Candidate for the Bracknell Constituency.
Wasted - look how much Barnet's Conservative Council has been spending your money.
Out on the campaign trail - Daniel Griffiths, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tonbridge and Malling Labour Party.
"It's time to be heard" - from Trafalgar Square
"Love thy neighbour" - Trafalgar Square
People's Court Protest, Southwark Crown Court, Tuesday 30 March 2010 from 'People's Court'- http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4566
Quintessential DIY Placard, People's Court Protest, Southwark Crown Court, Tuesday 30 March 2010 from 'People's Court'- http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4566
"HANG 'EM ALL!", People's Court Protest, Southwark Crown Court, Tuesday 30 March 2010 from 'People's Court'- http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4566
HOPE not hate Day of Action in Barking & Dagenham. Saturday 17 April.
Frank Maloney, UKIP's PPC for Barking & Dagenham, on street with Del Boy.
Del Boy gives Frank Maloney, UKIP's PPC for Barking & Dagenham, a helping hand on the campaign trail.
Frank Maloney, UKIP's PPC for Barking & Dagenham, addresses punters in a local pub.
Brighton politicians discuss age issues.
Where the race ends...
Joan Ruddock MP outside the Houses of Parliament
GORDON BROWN GETS PLASTERED AT 6AM!!!
The finished poster at East Finchley
Our new candidate leaflet on the doormat
The chancellors TV debate
Polling station.....number 10.....the sponanteous joys of street photography
Labour poster near London Fields
A tory poster
Gordon Brown not looking his best on a Tory poster
Council estate lift lobby, Lambeth, London, Sunday 28 March 2010
Lambeth Housing notice board, council estate, Lambeth, London, Sunday 28 March 2010
Corrupt Parliament provokes People's Court & May Day Carnival, Sunday 28 March 2010
Stephen Ladyman MP (Labour) and team canvassing in Eastcliff, Ramsgate Saturday 27th March
Stephen Ladyman MP being interviewed by James Cusick of the Sunday Herald. James was in Ramsgate to find out what issues are being raised on English marginal seat doorsteps.
Passed three of these today in Whitehall but only managed to get one photo. I thought what was written was very good but I don't think it will influence the way I vote!
A rather amusing scene on Saturday in Portslade where Labour MP Celia Barlow (in black & white checked suit) had set up a stall canvassing shoppers outside Tesco Metro on Station Road, in full view of the Tory campaign HQ (above D&A opticians) of her rival Mike Weatherley. Staff can be seen in Weatherley's office manning the phones.
An Amnesty International Action in protest of the olympics being held in China a few years ago by my Amnesty International Youth Group.
Gay Pride - my Amnesty International Youth Group worked with the Queen's University Amnesty Group a few years ago at Belfast's annual Gay Pride Parade, proof that young people everywhere are capable of working together regardless of their differences for the good of others.
A Barack Obama quote I wrote on a library card before sellotaping it to a statue in the centre of Belfast to take a photo for my dad's birthday. He works in education, and to me he is an inspiration - he has given his life to help improve the standard of education in Northern Ireland.
Seen at Bank Station, March the 29th at 7pm
Bank Station March 29th at 7pm
Bank Station, March 29th at 7pm
Ed greets members of the mobile cinema group. Doncaster.
After his quick coffee break, Ed finds himself challenged to a game of pool. Doncaster.
First leaflet through the door
Frank Maloney UKIP Candidate for MP of Barking (and boxing promoter) canvassing on a wet March morning outside Dagenham Heathway tube station.
Frank Maloney UKIP Candidate for MP of Barking (and boxing promoter) canvassing on a wet March morning outside Dagenham Heathway tube station.
Flyer for the 'Barking & Dagenham Unite Against Fascism Campaign' outside Dagenham Heathway tube station.
Shutters down. Labour MP Jon Cruddas' Dagenham Constituency office.
Campaign against Climate Change's third Trade Union Conference, Saturday 13 March 2010 from 'CaCC 3rd TU Conference' – http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4490
Florence Durrant, Unison, at the Campaign against Climate Change's third Trade Union Conference, Saturday 13 March 2010 from 'CaCC 3rd TU Conference' – http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4490
Phil Thornhill,CaCC national co-ordinator, at the Campaign against Climate Change's third Trade Union Conference, Saturday 13 March 2010 from 'CaCC 3rd TU Conference' – http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4490
Bring back Maggie!
Labour, lace curtains and scaffolding.
Hackney Lib Dem candidate's patriotic low-carbon Mini!
DAVID CAMERON GINGERBREAD
Good Morning Capitalism - Always A Frown With Gordon Brown. Bedford Square, London. 25th March.
dr.d billboard, Kingsland Road, Hackney, East London, photographed 1st March 2010
Conservative candidate Janice Small on the back of a bus. Dewsbury, 24/03/10.
PCS picket line at Brighton Job Centre, Edward Street. 24/3/2010
PCS picket line at Brighton Job Centre, Edward Street. 24/3/2010
The last Labour conference before the 2010 General Election brings passionate voices to the Brighton seafront. February 2010.
"Read all about it". The last Labour conference before the 2010 General Election brings passionate voices to the Brighton seafront. February 2010.
Caroline Lucas MEP leader of the Green Party and parliamentary candidate in Brighton Pavilion at a lecture to students studying at a local sixth form college soon to vote in their first election. March 2010.
Hustings in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, St Anne’s College, Oxford, 2010-02-26. From left to right: Richard Stevens, Evan Harris (standing, incumbent), Tim Gardam (chair, Principal of the College), Chris Goodall, Nicola Blackwood. Copyright © 2010 Kaihsu Tai.
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Caryl Wyn Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Labour MP Stephen Byers - "I'm like a cab for hire" © Secret filming footage courtesy Channel 4 Dispatches.
Purple haze - Darling gives pre-election Budget speech - have all the cabinet co-ordinated to wear purple?
Eastbourne’s MP, Nigel Waterson, and Mrs Barbara Waterson, join residents of Sovereign Harbour to support competitors in the Eastbourne half-Marathon.Photograph taken by me at about 12:00h on Sunday 7th March.
Unite picket line, Gatwick airport, 21/03/2010
Unite supporter flying flag outside their home, Portslade, 21/03/2010
Interesting placement of campaign poster in Hilsea, Portsmouth.
Stephen Shing launches his campaign as an Independent candidate for Eastbourne in the 2010 General Election by getting the blessing of the Chinese dragon.Sunday 21st March, 12:30pm in Eastbourne Town Centre.
A campaign banner for Stuart Raynes' bid to become 'Southlands Social Secretary' in the Roehampton Students' Union Elections 2010 (http://www.roehamptonstudent.com/elections/). Roehampton, London, March 21st.
Guerrilla art election poster on Dalston high street in Hackney, London. 22nd March 2010.
Caroline Lucas MEP leader of the Green Party and parlimentary candidate in Brighton folowing a lecture shares a moment with students at a local sixth form college soon to vote in their first election.
Labour sent us in. Will Tory get us out?
Near Junction 1 of M1
Next to Brent Cross Shopping Centre....
.....from another angle
Margaret Thatcher half price!!! Bargain!!
The Election even gets into the pages of Tatler!
campaigning to stop the proposed cut to Camden school's budgets. Camden, London
Tim Farron's Strawberry Tea in Grange over Sands
Vince Cable chatting to South Lakes Councillor
strolling along the canal towpath
Just seen that Shaun Bailey, Conservative Party candidate for the new seat of Hammersmith at the next General Election, is first candidate to launch his own App for iPhone.
Look, no BA planes! Gatwick Airport, Sunday 21st March.
OH YES THERE IS. Gatwick Airport, Sunday 21st March.
A policeman checks on protestors in Parliament Square.
My council tax has gone up 2.5% this year, yet there's still litter everywhere. What are the council doing with my money?
Monday morning (09.37,15th march 2010 to be precise) shop at Asda in Dagenham. Does politics have any part in our daily routine?
Unite workers! You're in Mr Brown's pocket
Today's Evening Standard reports that BNP chief Nick Griffin claims £200,000 Euro expenses. Wednesday 17 March.
Isn't that where Lib Dem MP Mark Oaten lived on £3720/week while being filmed while trying to get by on £37/week?
It's been 3212 days since Brian Haw began protesting outside Parliament on 2 June 2001. http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/
It's been 3212 days since Brian Haw began protesting outside Parliament on 2 June 2001. http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/
Spring is finally here. And another dead soldier is repatriated home - Mark Kinggett from Dagenham.
Can Darling Pull It OFF asks the FT.
Another classic Private Eye front cover featuring wives of three main political party leaders: "Yes! It's the cor! vote"
How apt that Michael Ashcroft's latest book 'Dirty politics, Dirty times' is almost being given away in bookshops....
A guerilla poster in Victoria that reads '£97 billion on new nuclear weapons? Now THAT'S an expenses scandal!'
Get Ready to KICK ASS (film poster) and a fly poster for a trade union rally. London Victoria.
Margaret Hodge, Labour Minsiter of Parliament for Barking. Constituency HQ. 15/03/2010.
Protestors outside the Houses of Parliament.
The Westminster Arms. Apparently it's frequented by Labour backbenchers- all probably talking about future job prospects!
So what's my future MP going to do about all the vacant shops in Bradford city centre? Every other store is To Let.
Bradford city centre high street - count the To Let signs
Haworth Conservative Club - A Warm Welcome To All Visitors. Haworth, Saturday 14th March 2010.
Garden gnomes decorate the entrance to Margaret Hodge's, Labour Minsiter of Parliament for Barking, Constituency HQ. 15/03/2010.
The seat of power - Houses of Parliament on a sunny spring day. March 2010.
The seat of power - Houses of Parliament on a sunny spring day. March 2010
stop the press- bnp rules judged 'discriminatory'.
love the moustache david!
Eric Pickles (The Chairman of the Conservative Party) with his aides. Brighton. February 28th 2010.
Eric Pickles (The Chairman of the Conservative Party) with his aides again. Brighton. February 28th 2010.
A view of the West Pier in Brighton during the Conservative Party spring conference. February 28th 2010.
Mike Weatherley campaigning in Brighton during the Conservative Party spring conference. February 28t
A Conversative Party campaign poster in Brighton. February 28th 2010.
BBC cameracrew covering the Conservative Party spring conference. Brighton. February 28th 2010.
That's not to mention the giant hole that now blights the centre of Bradford where the abandoned Westfield development stands.
'The best things in life are....Tory before'. A McDonalds advert and a Tory campaign poster. Bradford.
Cameron and my fruitbowl. Sunday morning. Brighton.
Nope, the polls aren't going to effect the way I vote. Sunday morning. Brighton.
Another week in politics.....
Tory poster in Vauxhall, 11th March 2010
Tory poster in Vauxhall, 11th March 2010
It's enough to make you cry!
Tory election poster with graffiti, strap line reads 'I've never voted tory before,' graffiti reads 'Lets keep it that way'
And here's the same advertising billboard site two days later, with a new Tory election poster!
Notice the bit missing...Also the writing in speech marks has some text missing. Victoria Road, Dartford
Billboard is creased and damaged on bottom right. Victoria Road, Dartford