Voting started at 7 am this morning July 4 as the nation goes to the polls to choose a Government.
After polling closes at 10 pm tonight, the counting of votes, facilitated by local councils, begins almost immediately and leads to individual results by constituency trickling in through the early hours until an overall result is clear.
This is expected to be known early on in the morning of July 5, although official public declarations of results are made through the night as each constituency’s vote count concludes.
Here is a list of every candidate standing in Nottinghamshire
Here is a guide to when we will know Nottinghamshire’s next MPs, based on various forecasts drawn from previous elections.
4 July 10 pm – As soon as the polls close, the exit poll will be released. Thousands of voters across key constituencies will have been asked anonymously how they voted to build a national picture.
These tend to be more accurate than previous opinion polls.
The ballot papers will then begin their journeys to counting centres.
The quickest results typically come from Newcastle or Sunderland, which often declare just after 11 pm, but there will be a much longer wait in parts of Nottinghamshire.
Broxtowe
5 July 12.15 am – The first expected result is in Broxtowe, which typically forecasts the national winner.
Nottingham East and Nottingham South
Around 2.30 am – Nottingham East and Nottingham South are expected to declare.
Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe
Around 3 am – The first Nottinghamshire ‘Red Wall’ seat of Mansfield is expected around this time.
Around the same time, results will come in from Newark and Rushcliffe
Gedling, Nottingham North and Kimberley
3.30 am – Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will likely have a good idea which of them will be Prime Minister.
Nottingham North & Kimberley is a new constituency for this election, with parts of Broxtowe being added to the former Nottingham North seat.
Bassetlaw and Sherwood Forest
4 am – Ashfield
4.30 am – The last Nottinghamshire seat expected to be declared is also one of the most unpredictable.
7 am – Nearly every seat in the UK will have been declared, and party leaders will be making victory or concession speeches.
