A super simple guide to 7 May elections | BBC News
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Millions of voters will head to the polls on Thursday 7 May, for the biggest set of elections since the 2024 general election.
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So, what’s taking place and where? From Holyrood to the Senedd - here’s our BBC guide on how you can vote at the upcoming elections across England, Scotland and Wales.
The guide is simple keep the conservative party and labour party out of our towns and City's. Both parties have destroyed our country.
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Vote reform and start the process of saving this country
@DUBxLORDDOES THIS RLECTION SOLVE ANY MASS IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS?
@MaxmaidiacThe counsel should focus on elderly care and when it comes to the elderly drop the rent price, especially as they've worked for it all their lives
@evalyngibson3627I'm voting Reform 😊
@APS-67Easy! Vote for Decent and HONEST Governance! Amongst the priorities, get rid of the lying, corrupt, BBC!
@petes5041I hope all of the people complaining will at least go out and vote. If you are unhappy with the council, vote in another. If you don't like any of the parties, look up local independents. Find an advocacy group, sign a petition, write to your MP volunteer locally. There are a million more productive things politically than complaining in the comments section.
And if you don't trust the BBC, go somewhere else. No one is forcing you to watch them.
Vote reform
@trubritainYoung person a x on the vote slip can't connect my phone to the pencil help help
@winstonchurchill6506Don't listen to the BBC and don't vote for legacy parties or the islamogreens
@LAMF25BBC are utter trash
@stanleybuilder80I clicked on this as thought it was a comedy lol
@farcroft1Remember to question this .. fact check ..ask yourself is it real .. just take care .. but then again. TRUST ME ..ITS. SHITE BULL ..
@MarkPate-f4vVote restore
@Laurence-c6yNot tp worry labour will get ripoff....
@BSReddy857The SAME old playbook. Emotions rise. Media speculation goes into overdrive. Everyone obsesses over who is winning and who is losing.
But once the noise dies down, most of the foundations STAY EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE.
Different faces. Same stuck system.
The uncomfortable point is this.
If 650 MPs spent less time optimising for party advantage and more time building cross-party consensus, you would get something rare in modern politics; STABILITY.
And right now, stability matters more than ever.
Europe is quietly recalibrating. The transatlantic relationship is under strain. The external environment is shifting.
This is not the moment for short-cycle thinking tied to the next general election.
This is why I spend hours writing and posting, because it matters to our future.
Piss easy. Vote refom. . Defund the bbc. Jobs a good un
@terrylomax6799Accepted Photo ID for UK Elections (England, Scotland, Wales)
You must show one of the following when voting in person:
Passports
• UK passport
• Passport from an EU, EEA, Commonwealth country
• Irish Passport Card
Driving Licences
• UK or Northern Ireland photocard driving licence (full or provisional)
• Driving licence from an EU/EEA country, Isle of Man, or Channel Islands
Proof‑of‑Age Cards (PASS‑accredited)
• CitizenCard
• Young Scot card
• Other PASS‑hologram cards
Government‑Issued ID
• Blue Badge
• Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
• Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card)
• HM Armed Forces Veteran Card (MOD form 100)
• National ID card from an EU/EEA country
• Northern Ireland Electoral Identity Card
Voter‑Specific Documents
• Voter Authority Certificate (free to apply for)
• Anonymous Elector’s Document
Accepted Travel Passes
(Yes—these count as photo ID)
• Older Person’s Bus Pass (England)
• Disabled Person’s Bus Pass (England)
• 60+ Oyster Card
• Freedom Pass
• Scottish National Entitlement Card (including 60+, disabled, under‑22)
• Welsh 60+ or Disabled Concessionary Travel Cards
• Northern Ireland SmartPasses (Senior, Blind, War Disablement, 60+, Half Fare)
❗ If you don’t have any of these
You can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate.
You’ll need a photo and your National Insurance number.
NEVER trust what the BBC says.
I’ve not watched it yet but I know how it’s going to be framed. Right wing bad left wing good 👍🏻
@ggregor123“super simple” 😡 you are the BBC! stop using incorrect Americanisms; you mean VERY simple!
@rodlaughton2318Torys labour greens. Independents..Keep away from my door
@andrewdilworth9180Lol lol lol bbc needs a guide on morals and ACTUAL REPORTING REAL INSTEAD OF HIDING IT !!!
@ojlbrickwork8092Wow elections really bring out the bots.
@1wordtrollSimple guide...DONT VOTE! Do not participate in the political pantomime. Your vote is just a continuation of a corrupt system!
@chuffinbluntsDo you really think I believe anything you say
@JohnWilkinson-n5ydear BBC you have no credibility so go away
@johnhartley6606Vote left, get higher crime! 😅
@Henry-fh7uhGet your family out, make sure they all vote the same way as you do, well if it works for them, it should work for us?
@keithmartland6463Whoever you vote for don’t vote Labour. They’ve ruined the country!
@JohnDoe-who1You cannot vote for more of this government of idiots and the greens are not far behind them. They want your street closed off even though they don't say it ask the people who had this done to them by greens party and lib- dems no explanation people told to go on foot everywhere and what they did was the people removed those barriers and you can move a barrier or two by voting reform or any other that are not communism in disguise or fascist in disguise they are both socialism and they did the same things to people in the second world war and only fell out because Russia was getting enough slaves or technologies from the Germans after they been supplied with oil allegedly that's socialism for you
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An explanation of the complex way of counting votes in the Senedd election would have been helpful.
@jonathanbyrne1088why bother, democracy has failed
@imperatorvespasian3125BBC. 100% no information.& 100% disinformation. bigest box tickers on the planet😅
@glynmorgan1945Is 'super simple' more simple that just simple?
@nathanroth4086Planter gives lecture.
@smythharris2635Same corrupt postal and family Muslim friendly voting system !
@stevenholt824''Make sure you do your own research and fact check to make sure it's all correct. Go to BBC News for all you need to know about the upcoming elections...'' Their propaganda is legendary.
@TheBrawlBoxAll the parties seemed to lack imagination they don’t seem to take Britain into the future most of them just wanted to divide and service the greedy
@TrevorEdenRestore Briton 🙌
@houndbadger5240So glad we have Africans informing us about British politics.
@rogerdodger1790Are these the local elections that this awful wretched fascistic current government tried to cancel ? Vote Labour OUT !
@truthseeker6923This is a typical BBC output ….Its a low grade childish broadcast
@Fatboyslim-x9lGenuinely confused as to why people are hating on an educational video.
@abl892What about NI
@royalfamilycartoonBOOOOOO it’s the broke broadcasting company with some more propoganda!
@Gnomias💚💚💚Green💚💚💚
@Comradespirit-f1jVote GREEN
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