People across Britain voted in large numbers on Thursday in the crucial general election, being held under the looming shadow of the two terror attacks, that is predicted to boost Prime Minister Theresa May’s majority in Parliament and add muscle to her Brexit negotiations.
Conservative party leader May and Labour chief Corbyn were among the early voters as they cast their votes at the end of a frenetic 50-day campaign that suffered breaks due to terrorist strikes in Manchester and London.
May was joined by husband Philip at her Maidenhead constituency in south-east England, while Labour party’s Corbyn cast his ballot at Holloway in London — the two main choices before the electorate to take over as the new PM after the snap poll announced on April 18.
Voting was underway at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country. A total of 650 MPs will be elected. About 46.9 million people, including an estimated 1.5 million Indian-origin voters are registered to vote. The Conservatives had as much as a 24 point lead when the snap election was called by the Prime Minister.
