General Election Day - Thursday 6th May 2010

The weather was very sunny and warm which was a good omen I noticed in the morning a group of young Liberal Democrats leafleting in my street surprisingly I did not get one as the Vote Labour posters must of given it away although it has not stopped me getting Tory and Lib Dem leaflets in the election campaign perhaps they did not look up far enough to see them in my bedroom window.
I also recieved various text messages from the Labour Party HQ which read as follows:

Message 1:
"Want to know how you can help Labour 2moro? Give us ur details at labour.org.uk now and we'll call u back later today to tell u the best place to go" (Wednesday 5th May 2010)

Message 2:
"This is a word of mouth election. So please talk to everyone you know today. Tell them why you're Labour & why they should vote for us. U can make the difference." (Thursday 6th May 2010)

Here are all my tweets throughout the election night and morning:

God the exit poll has unnerved me can it be even romotely right?

Wow hearing people were queuing up to vote at the polling station including in Milton Keynes

Can my nerves stand waiting for the first results we so need a Labour Governments in these differcult times

Good result in Sunderland very young and attractive new Labour MP too (Bridget Phillipson 26)

Seems there is polling station chaos with voters not being able to vote as they shut at 10:00pm as per the law

In my birth place of Lewisham Nick Robinson says rumour that a polling station stayed open to 10:30pm feel court cases coming on

I agree with David Dimbleby disgrace that huge crowds in places like Leeds could not vote as he said its like a 3rd world Country election

Also I'll back David's campaign for an enquiry and that polling stations should be better prepared and ignored the law and stayed open

Wished I was at the BBC party with the stars one day i'll be on the A List lol

Oh God Esther Rantzen on my TV don't have any thing to throw at it the smug woman

Oh dear think Electoral Officers are gonna get it in the neck no bonuses for them

One polling station sensibly said if the doors aren't shut they will allow voting to continue no consistency according to Nick Robinson

Some voters have staged a sit in at a polling station way to go

Another Labour victory in Washington (UK of course) Barack Obama don't worry keep them coming

Sunderland Central Labour hold and the Tories thought they snatched it ha ha

Good Electoral Commission will be making an enquiry and apologises

Yes we Khan holds Tooting

Gordon Brown had a victory extra 5,000 Majority in Kilcady and Cowdenbeath

David Blunkett claims that the Labour Party has lost the General Election

What a tribute to the late Micheal Foot gaining Bleanu Gwent

Ben Bradshaw holds Exeter he attended Milton Keynes Election rally

Shame Phil Sawford did not gain Kettering for the Labour Party

Alistair Darling Holds his seat along with Ed, David Miliband and Peter Hain

Great Labour holds Luton North Kelvin Hopkins came to a campaign meeting in Great Linford and was a good speaker

Looks like Gillan Duffy's vote wasn't needed as Labour has gained Rochdale BigotGate helped lol

Tony Blair's favourite News Interviewer Gloria Di Pero has held Ashfield for Labour

Labour has gained Tony Benn's old seat of Chesterfield our second gain

Congrats To Labour's Gavin Shukler holding Luton South hope it banishes the shame to the party of Margaret Moran

Jackie Smith former Home Secretary loses Redditch to the Tories

Shalik Malik Local Goverment Minister loses in Dewsbury to the Tories

Ed Balls Schools Minister holds Morley and Outwood for Labour no Portillio moment for the Tories

Charles Clarke former Labour Home Secretary loses Norwich South to the Tories bet he blames Gordon Brown

Other Ministers lose their seats Phil Hope (Corby) Bill Rammel (Harlow) Angela Smith (Basildon) Vera Baird (Redcar) and Mike O'Brien

Hazel Blears holds Salford and Eccles for Labour

The count has just begun at Stadium:MK. Turn out for MK North was 65.8% Turn out for MK South was 64.2%

Giesla Stuart holds Birmingham Edgebaston for Labour another Tory miss good news

David Bunkett former Home Secretary holds Sheffield Brightside for Labour

Labour has a lower vote share than Micheal Foot in the 1983 General Election

BBC predict a Hung Parliament Tories 306 Labour 262 and Lib Dems 57

Jim Knight Labour Schools Minister has lost Dorset South to the Tories

Meg Hiller Labour Minister has held her seat in Sheffield Heeley

The cocky smles and characters of Tory Zac Goldsmith's team show you all you need to know why a tory victory is bad for this Country

Caroline Lucas Green candidate has won Brighton Pavillion sad for Labours Nancy Platts

Dr Richard Taylor Independent lose Wyre Forest to the Tories

Thank god Labours Margaret Hodge has beaten BNP's Nick Griffin into 3rd place shows the residents of Barking has sent those thugs packing

Good news Labour's Jon Cruddas retains Dagenham and Rainham

Tony McNulty former Labour Employment Minister loses Harrow East to the Tories

Labour's Gerald Kaufman has been re-elected in Manchester Gorton

Tories have asked for a recount in Labours Glenda Jackson Hampstead seat

Sad to hear that Labour's Dr Phyllis Starkey has lost to the Tory Iain Stewart in Milton Keynes South

Hearing that Andrew Pakes Labour's PPC in MK North has lost to the Tory Mark Lancaster

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell has held the Dulwich seat for Labour

It is confirmed that Labour's PPC Andrew Pakes in MK North has lost to the Tory Mark Lancaster

Labour's Glenda Jackson has held on in Hempstead

Labour's Chris Mole former Transport Manager has lost Ipswich to the Tories

Just want to thank the 525 residents of Newport Pagnall North who had voted for me today

Its a shame that Labour's Dawn Butler lost to the Lib Dems Sarah teather

Sad to hear that Labours Jonathan Shaw has also lost his seat

It would also seem that Milton Keynes was not immune from the polling fiasco Wyvern School polling station in Wolverton and in Newport Pagnall had very long queues and the worry was would everyone get to vote (which I believe they managed too)

Also 200 voters in Newport Pagnall voted in the wrong ward and about 150 voters were contacted to ask to go to the polling station and vote again as the polling station had the wrong voting slips.

About 200 postal votes ended up in Coventry and a Milton Keynes Council employee had to go there and collect them and take them back to Milton Keynes.

I believe the Returning Officer John Moffott is having to write a report to the Electoral Commission to explain what happened.

Well thats my potted history of the General Election and the campaign as it unfolded.

I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have but I will continue blogging but now as the mood takes me on the local politics scene and developments in Milton Keynes it has been a challenge blogging on a regular basis during the campaign but due to work pressures as I say it will not now be on such a regular basis.