The venues for the counts of the upcoming general election have been announced by Cumberland Council.

Voters across Cumbria and the country will be heading to the polls on Thursday, July 4 after prime minister, Rishi Sunak shocked the political establishment by calling an early election.

The Carlisle constituency count is being held at Carlisle Civic Hall in Carlisle, the Whitehaven and Workington Constituency count is being held at Whitehaven Sports Centre and the Penrith and the Solway count is being held at Workington Leisure Centre.

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Cumberland Council are saying that, at the moment, the declarations will be at 3am for all three constituencies.

As they are separate counts the council do not have to wait for all to finish before any can be announced.

Labour have been consistently ahead in the polls across Cumbria for more than two years and are expected to pick up all three seats being contested in the Cumberland Council area according to the latest polling data.