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Hens, lost engagement rings and other odd polling station stories

We’ve got used to seeing dogs in polling stations.

Poultry, less so.

Council workers Sara Chane and Lindsey Carroll were at the polling station in Skelmersdale, Lancashire in May 2021 for the local elections when a chicken wandered in.

With no accompanying human – and no valid voter ID – Sara and Lindsey began trying to track down the chicken’s owner, including enlisting the help of a nearby florists, all while continuing to run the polling station.

“Come in, don’t mind the chicken, we told voters,” says Lindsey.

“She was very lovely, very friendly,” adds Sara.

Eventually a family of farmers offered to take the chicken away while its rightful owner was tracked down.

But minutes later, a five-year-old boy turned up to looking for his pet, who he said was named Matilda.


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