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Dozens of pets seen tethered outside polling stations as #dogsatpollingstations started trending on Twitter
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, snapped petting his dog Luna after arriving to vote with his wife Saadiya
London Mayoral hopeful Laurence Fox also posed while holding up his pooch, Mrs Thatcher, in Vauxhall Have you taken your pooch to the polling station today? Email pictures@mailonline.co.uk!
Voters were casting their ballots as polling stations were operating under coronavirus restrictions across Great Britain.
Polling stations opened at 7am on Thursday for local council elections across England, as well as the London mayoral election, and the Hartlepool parliamentary by-election.
Here are the most unusual sights as the polls opened.
Snowy conditions at a Scottish Parliamentary election polling station in the village of Farr, near Inverness (Paul Campbell/PA)
In Oxford, voter Toby Porter cast his ballot in a car boot after the church warden opening his polling station “overslept apparently”.
According to Oxford City Council, the building – Oxford Centre for Mission Studies – was open within 15 minutes.
Head to the ballot box…but don t forget your pencil! Masked electorate must use hand sanitiser before voting in polling booths that are cleansed every 15 people in raft of Covid rules at first election during pandemic
Voters encouraged to bring their own pen or pencil to the polling booth today to help stop Covid-19 spread
One-way systems are introduced in some polling stations with election officials sat behind plastic screens
People arriving to vote today are being asked to use hand sanitiser and to wear a face covering while indoors
Some polling stations may close for brief periods for cleaning as bumper crop of elections takes place today