Early-morning voters had to cast ballots in the back of a car because election officials could not get into a polling station.The vehicle was used after a "problem with door codes and contacting keyholders" at Milton Road Library in Cambridge.

The trunk of a small family car temporarily became a polling station in eastern England on Thursday as election officials wheeled out the unusual solution when they were unable to access the official voting location.

Voters in Cambridge used the back of a car as a polling station as staff had problems getting into the library building they had planned to use. Polling teams “remained calm and carried on” when they found themselves shut out of Milton Road Library on ...

Those casting their vote at Milton Road Library in Cambridge had to do so in the boot of a Nissan Leaf this morning after staff were locked out of the venue.