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In pictures: The leaders have cast their votes as millions of Britons head to the polls

The leaders of Britain's main political parties have all cast their votes as millions of people across the country headed to ballot stations before they closed at 10pm.

Lib Dems

Nick Clegg with his wife Miriam in Sheffield Hallam (Picture: PA)

Labour

Labour leader Ed Miliband with his wife Justine at Sutton village hall in Doncaster (Picture: PA)

Ukip

Nigel Farage at the Eastcliff community housing office in Ramsgate (Picture: PA)

Green

Natalie Bennett heads to the polling station in Camden, London (Picture: PA)

SNP

Nicola Sturgeon arrives with her husband Peter Murrell at Broomhouse Community Hall in Glasgow (Picture: PA)

Plaid Cymru

Leanne Wood at a polling station in Penygraig with the party's candidate for Rhondda, Shelley Rees-Owen (Picture: PA)

DUP

DUP leader Peter Robinson (left) with the party's East Belfast candidate Gavin Robinson (Picture: PA)

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