The York Council has issued the following statement

Please find an elections update from Kersten England, Returning Officer for City of York.

“We can report a healthy turnout of voters across the city, predicted to be at least as high as at the last General Election.

“Like other local authorities, we are experiencing a high numbers of queries arising from the introduction of the individual electoral registration system, and our customer centre reception and telephone service will stay open until 7pm tonight to answer them.

“I can confirm that as at 4pm today, we’ve received and are processing 84% of the city’s postal votes: a higher return than in any previous election.

  “There is still time to vote: postal votes can be handed in to any polling station within your constituency. If you do not have a polling card, as long as you are registered, you’ll be able to vote. Details of polling stations are at www.york.gov.uk.”