Politics The weird and the wonderful around the polls Written by Paul Taylor on 8th June 2017 More in Politics: North East to elect new Police and Crime Commissioner 5th May 2021 Local election candidate Ann Best’s plans for Westoe 4th May 2021 Matt Hancock proposes calorie counts on alcoholic drinks in pubs 4th May 2021 There’ve been some weird – and often wonderful – sights spotted around the country during today’s voting. Here are just a few: Sophie Allison on Splash returns to the stables at the private residence Three Oaks in Bramshill, Hampshire, being used a polling station. Photo credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Alliance candidate for West Belfast Sorcha Eastwood casts her vote in the 2017 General Election, with her husband, Dale Shirlow, at a polling station in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, still wearing her wedding dress after they were married earlier in the day. Photo credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire A car parked in the village of Appleton Roebuck near York that is being used as polling station for the 2017 General Election. Photo credit: John Giles/PA Wire A hairdressers called Asylum in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, which is being used as a polling station for the General Election 2017. Photo credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire Voting activists encouraging commuters to vote in the General Election 2017, at Turnham Green station in London. Photo credit: Martin Keene/PA Wire Voting activists encouraging commuters to vote in the General Election 2017, at Turnham Green station in London. Photo credit: Martin Keene/PA Wire