Nuns from the Tyburn Convent depart St. Johns church in London after voting in London. Photo: Andy Rain/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Turnout has steadily risen in recent UK general elections, but will today's vote follow the trend?

We are still some ways away from getting a firm answer on that, but what we can tell you is during the last December election in 1923, turnout remained above 70%.

It rose to above 80% in the 1950s before dropping below 70% in 1997.

Here is just a selection of voter turnout throughout the years, according to a 2019 parliamentary report.