THERE has been growing annoyance at the Crook Log leisure centre in Bexleyheath that counting for three Bexley constituencies has only just begun - at 2.55am.
Returning officer and Bexley Council chief executive Will Tuckley blamed the delay on the large number of postal votes delivered at the last minute from Dartford's Royal Mail sorting office which had to be verified before the count for each candidate could begin.
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