Election Night 2010- The Podcast

The following audio was recorded during the night of the General Election, 6th-7th May 2010 at the Aylestone Leisure Centre counting station. The seats declared at the location were the constituencies of Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West.

Election Counting Station: @ Aylestone Leisure Centre, Leicester.

The Labour party held all three seats during the course of the evening, which lasted long into the morning with the team needing a lot of sleep and a lot of cornflakes afters!

This part of the recording is an introduction to the three other podcasts for each individual result in the order of counting finished- Leicester West, Leicester East and Leicester South. It includes general facts and figures from Leicester including previous elections and the turnouts recieved for each constituency in the General Election 2010.

Lord Mayor Cllr Roger Blackmore & Lady Mayoress Hilary BlackmoreThe audio also includes an interview with Returning Officer and Lord Mayor of Leicester Councillor Roger Blackmore, who talks about his role during the proceedings and how the voting process has changed since he stood in the elections over half a century ago, with a few words also from his wife Lady Mayoress Hilary Blackmore.

To Listen to the results or audio recorded from each constituency, click on any of the links below:

Leicester West

Leicester East

Leicester South

Special thanks for helping with the podcast goes to Dean Cartwright of
Demon FM, and Beckie Rowe and Camilla Goodman of De Montfort University.


Audio edited by David Murphy.