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     Lord Buckethead, Elmo and Mr Fishfinger: a very British election | General election 2017 | The Guardian Who is Lord Buckethead? The Black-Clad Villain Ran for British PM’s Seat (yahoo.com) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/29/count-binface-interview   The photos are from the general election of 2017. Can you name any of the people in the photos? One of the people here was the Prime Minister at the time, which one? In one of these photos we can see Prime Minister Theresa May. She was elected to serve the Maidenhead constituency the night this photo was taken. What is a constituency? Theresa May received 37,718 votes, 64% of the vote; The Labour party candidate came second with 11,261 votes.  How are votes collected and counted? Who can vote? In the UK we live in a democracy which means anyone over 18 years old can stand for election and vote. Twelve people stood against Theresa May in Maidenhead in 2017, asking people to vote for them...