Nuns from Tyburn Convent cast their vote at St John’s church in west London (Picture: Splash News)

You’ve seen dogs and horses at polling stations but get a load of these nuns and monks.

The religious community has been out in force today as the UK heads to the polls in what has been dubbed the ‘most important election in a generation’.

A sisterhood from the Tyburn Convent in west London were all smiles this morning as they cast their ballots.

And they were not the only nuns seen exercising their democratic rights today.


Some sisters were seen leaving a polling station at St Peter’s Parish Hall in north Belfast.

And then a band of monks from Nunraw Abbey in East Lothian, Scotland, were spotted with their hoods up after voting today.



Sisters who vote together, stay together

A nun leaves a polling station at St Peter’s Parish Hall in north Belfast (Picture: PA)

Just some monks exercising their democratic rights

Three monks from Nunraw Abbey leave a polling station in Haddington, East Lothian, in Scotland (Picture: Duncan McGlynn)

Four monks at a polling station. There’s a joke in here somewhere…

Monks from Nunraw Abbey cast their vote at Garvald Village Hall near Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland (Picture: Duncan McGlynn)

These sisters were all smiles after casting their ballots

Some more nuns from Tyburn Convent leave a polling station in west London (Picture: Splash News)

The religious community was out in force today

On their way to exercise their democratic right (Picture: Splash News)

A democratic sister act

Caption: Nuns from Tyburn Convent cast their vote at St John\’s church in west London for the 2019 General Election (Picture: Splash News)

These nuns must have felt right at a home voting in a church

Caption: Nuns from Tyburn Convent cast their vote at St John\’s church in west London (Picture: Splash News)

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