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Will you stay up to watch the Election 2026 coverage (on BBC1 from 11PM and Sky News from Midnight)?

111 replies

mumofoneAloneandwell · 07/05/2026 20:09

Follow along with me?

I'm a leftie, who has pretty much abandoned caring about politics but I can't let the habit of watching the coverage go!

I voted Green 💚 - and live in a safe London Labour seat.

Feel free to share who you voted for, who you have historically voted for, and the local party in your area

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Skinnysaluki · 07/05/2026 20:23

I wish I could stay up but I’m too tired. If there is going to be an exit poll or whatever then I might last until 10pm before conking out.
Also voted Green.
I am keen to see whether Labour go into single figures of vote share. I think they might. I wonder what the odds are on that?

AlwaysRightISwear · 07/05/2026 20:23

I usually stay up for a bit but do have to go to work tomorrow.

Arlanymor · 07/05/2026 20:21

No because votes in Wales are not counted overnight.

If I was in England I would stay up for a General Election - and have done - but not for local.

TopPocketFind · 07/05/2026 20:21

Voted but I never stay up for the local elections.

Fingers crossed our council stays Reform free.

CelticSilver · 07/05/2026 20:20

Genuinely curious why you voted Green?

AnnaQuayRules · 07/05/2026 20:19

No! I need to leave the house by 6.30am tomorrow to get to work. Most areas won't start the count until the morning, very few do overnight counts for local elections.

I've got an almost 2 hour drive to my office. It's the drive home that bothers me - almost all the results will be out then and I'll have to endure 100 minutes of listening to how Reform have done.

Sirzy · 07/05/2026 20:18

I voted but won’t be staying up. I was on a school trip today so our classroom could be a polling station so nowhere near enough energy to stay up!

picking who to vote for was like a game of Eeny, meeny, miny, moe! I don’t want reform at all but the rest are as bad as each other just not as bad as reform!

rubyslippers · 07/05/2026 20:18

Not going to share who I voted for but it certainly wasn’t Green
most results won’t be available until morning so not going to stay up and watch scrolling hours of nothing

Shudacudawuda · 07/05/2026 20:18

No won't be staying up, work tomorrow so need my sleep.
I am quite excited to see the results though.

ThreeB · 07/05/2026 20:16

I’ll listen for the initial reporting but then setting the alarm for early to hear the first proper batch of results coming in

NoYouCantComeToTheWedding · 07/05/2026 20:15

Nope! I need my sleep and it'll still be the same result in the morning. Plus I'm in Scotland and they're not even going to start counting the votes until tomorrow.