Polling stations opened across Northern Ireland’s 18 constituencies with counting to begin later on Thursday night.
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Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill chats to voters as she arrives to cast her vote in the 2024 General Election at St Patrick's Primary School in Coalisland. Photo: Niall Carson
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Alliance party leader and candidate Naomi Long and her husband Michael and dog Daisy pictured at St Colmcilles Parish Church, east Belfast. Photo:
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Ulster Unionist Party leader, Doug Beattie, is interviewed beside a poster for the DUP's Carla Lockhart outside the polling station at Seagoe Primary School in Portadown this morning after casting his vote in the General Election.PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON Photo: stephen davison
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive to cast their vote in the 2024 General Election at Kirby Sigston Village Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Photo: Danny Lawson