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Edinburgh / London (dpa) - dog photos, polling station in the trunk and snow in Scotland: The "Super Thursday" with regional and local elections in large parts of Great Britain brought some curious highlights with it.
The fastest will be the votes in the by-election for a seat in the House of Commons in the English city of Hartlepool.
A result was already expected here on Friday morning.
The outcome of the general election in Wales should also be announced on Friday.
The people in Scotland, however, have to wait longer, where the election to the regional parliament is seen as setting the course for a possible separation of the part of the country from Great Britain.
In England, in addition to municipal and district councils, new mayors have been appointed in many cities - including London.
Results could even be delayed until Sunday.
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With campaign-related reports and polls banned from being published in the UK while polling stations are open, the issue was virtually irrelevant in the media on Thursday. Instead, many people tweeted photos of their dogs accompanying them on the polls. The photo of a ballot box in the trunk of a car also caused amusement - allegedly the sacristan of a church in which the polling station was to be set up did not appear in time for opening at 7 a.m. local time. Images of snowy polling stations in parts of Scotland were also circulating on the Internet. Because of the corona pandemic, by-election surveys were dispensed with and the counting was partially delayed.
The outcome of the Hartlepool by-election is seen as an important sentiment meter for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer. The north of England is traditionally actually considered a stronghold of the Social Democrats - but at the same time there was very high support for Brexit. In the last general election, Johnson's Conservatives were therefore able to steal many seats from Labor. If Hartlepool were to fall into Tory hands, it would be a bitter defeat for Starmer, who had set himself the goal of reversing the trend.
The parliamentary elections in Wales should also have a result on Friday.
According to polls, the ruling Labor Social Democrats, led by First Minister Mark Drakeford, were ahead of the Conservatives and the Plaid Cymru party, which advocates independence for the part of the country.
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The British will have to wait until Saturday for the eagerly awaited results of the parliamentary elections in Scotland.
The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) is hoping for an absolute majority there in order to emphasize its demand for a second independence referendum.
The approval of the central government in London is necessary for a referendum.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far rejected this.
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