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UK Elections: As voting begins, leaders make last push to win favour

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: May 07, 2015, 01:07 PM IST

Conservatives, Labour level in polls after weeks of campaigning. Latest polls: Conservatives lead in 3, Labour in 1, 3 tied. Outcome could influence UK's place in EU, Scotland's in UK.

Front runners of the UK election 2015 have casted their votes and are out and about to urge voters to cast ballot.

As voting begins in UK to elect the 56th Parliament, current Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron has become the first leader among the front runners to urge the countrymen to vote Conservative.

The Tory leader is looking forward to the second term at 10 Downing Street. Via a twitter video, he urged voters to choose his Conservative Party if they want to keep Labour Party and their leader Ed Miliband and SNP away from the office. He said that if they want to save their economy and ensure a strong and stable government, they should vote Conservative.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage casted his vote at a polling station in Ramsgate in Kent.This is the sixth time he is contesting for a seat in Westminster. His prior attempts for UKIP were unsuccessful.

Ed Miliband, with his wife Justine Thornton casted his vote in a polling booth in Doncaster. The 45 yearl old Labour leader has held that seat since 2005.

On the other hand, Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, started his morning with his supporters in Sheffield.

Despite five weeks of campaigning, neither party has opened up a clear lead in the polls, pointing to a potentially messy and uncertain outcome from Thursday's vote.

The 2015 elections is likely to decide the status of United Kingdom in the European Union. UKIP says that Britain can save almost $15 billion a year by withdrawing from the political and economic union and is banking on their agenda to remove UK from EU to garner more votes. Conservatives have also promised a referendum on Britain's European Union membership by 2017.