Now the day is here make sure you vote

Anything could happen and those of us set to stay up through the night are in for one of the most exciting elections in a generation.

Every vote could be crucial, so if you’re registered to vote, make sure you use it.

And if you’re unsure what to do and what’s going to happen, here’s a quick guide.

To vote in a General Election, you must have registered to vote and must be 18 or over on polling day.

You must also be a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen and be a resident at a UK address, or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years.

If you’re unsure if you’re registered ring Kirklees’ Electoral Registration Office on 01484 221650.

Your polling card will say which polling station you should go to. You can’t vote at any station, it has to be the one you’re assigned to.

If you’ve lost your polling card it doesn’t matter – you do not need it to vote. If you don’t know where to vote you can find

out here: wheredoivote.co.uk

Polling stations open at 7am and close at 10pm.

If you’re in the queue to vote at 10pm, staff will let you vote past the deadline.

All ballot boxes in Kirklees are sealed when the polls close and taken to Cathedral House, St Thomas’s Road in Huddersfield, where staff will begin counting the votes. In Calderdale the count is at North Bridge Leisure Centre at Halifax.