As the United Kingdom citizens vote on who their next set of leaders will be, around £235million is expected to be withdrawn from Automated Teller Machines.
The development comes as people fit trips to cash machines around casting their General Election votes, according to a forecast from UK cash access and cash machine network Link.
On that date of previous elections , which resulted in Boris Johnson returning to Downing Street as Conservative prime minister, £322 million was withdrawn.
Link said that early December tended to be a slightly busier time for cash machine withdrawals.
In the June 8 2017, elections £356 million was withdrawn. In the December 12 2019, elections £322 million were withdrawn while the July 4,2024 predicted figure is, £235 million.
And on the general election date of June 8 2017, which led to the then-prime minister Theresa May’s election gamble backfiring as the Conservatives’ Commons majority was erased, some £356 million was taken out of ATMs.
As of Thursday, June 27 2024, £240 million was dispensed from ATMs, according to Link’s figures.
The United Kingdom election is expected to hold this Thursday
