Polls open across Birmingham and Black Country

Voters will be heading to the polls until 22:00 BST on Thursday

People across Birmingham and the Black Country are heading to the polls today to vote in the UK general election.

Voters will decide who becomes the local MP and which party wins the UK's general election overall.

There are 650 constituencies across the UK and each returns one MP to the House of Commons in Parliament in Westminster. Birmingham and the Black Country have more than 20 seats.

In England there are 543; 57 in Scotland; 32 in Wales and 18 in Northern Ireland.

Polling stations are open between 07:00 BST and 22:00. You can vote as long as you are in the queue before 22:00.

Voters are being reminded that they will need to take photographic ID with them.

There are 22 acceptable forms of ID, including passports, driving licences, Older or Disabled Person's bus passes, Oyster 60+ cards.

You can use out-of-date photo ID as long as you look the same.

You can use our lookup to find out which constituency you are in, who is standing as a candidate in your area and to which polling station you can go to vote.