England and Wales Go to the Polls

Conservative Party Teller Robin Veitch looks over his notes after collecting data during local elections at St Paul's Church in Chiswick, west London, on May 1, 2008.
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A Blue Ribbon Day
Conservative Party Teller Robin Veitch looks over his notes at the polling station in St Paul's Church in Chiswick, West London. Some 13,000 candidates are fighting for more than 4,000 seats on 159 municipal councils in England and Wales as well as the 25-member London Assembly.

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