Polling stations across the UK opened at 7am, giving millions of voters the chance to decide if the Tory incumbent remains in the top job or the Labour leader enters Downing Street. Opinion polls suggest Labour is on course to secure a big majority in the House of Commons and form a new government. Mr Sunak, who has insisted the results are not a foregone conclusion despite dire poll ratings for his party, voted in his Richmond constituency.

He waved at reporters as he and his wife Akshata Murty arrived hand-in-hand at the Kirby Sigston Village Hall, as he hopes to be returned to Parliament as the MP for Richmond and Northallerton. On X, the Prime Minister repeated his plea to voters to “stop the Labour supermajority”. Sir Keir was also joined by his wife, Victoria, as he visited a polling station in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency.

The Labour leader told his final rally in Redditch, Worcestershire, on Wednesday night to “imagine a Britain moving forward together with a Labour government”. He added: “That’s what we are fighting for, let’s continue that fight. “If you want change, you have to vote for it.

” As the bookies’ favourite to be the next prime minister, Sir Keir said he was pleased with Labour’s campaign and his party was “ready for what comes next”. A victory for Sir Keir would see Labour return to power for the first time in 14 years. Other party leaders have also cast their votes, with Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and his w.