Dogs pose outside polling stations as owners urge voters to do ‘civic duty’

Spinone Italiano Hugo, left, had his photo taken outside a polling station in Cambridgeshire, while Airedale Terrier Margo attended a station in Gloucestershire (Andrew Smith/Niall Cook/PA) -

Dogs have been photographed posing outside polling stations, as their owners encouraged people to do their “civic duty” and vote in the various elections happening across the country.

The hashtag #dogsatpollingstations was used frequently on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, as a total of 1,641 council seats were up for grabs across 23 local authorities.