Kate Garraway gives nod to Derek as she reveals sad reason she can’t vote

Brits are headed to the polling stations this Thursday, July 4, but Kate Garraway revealed she wouldn’t be voting in the General Election as she gave a nod to her late husband.

Kate Garraway admitted she wouldn’t be voting this Thursday, July 4, as she revealed finding her late husband’s polling card.

The Good Morning Britain presenter was hosting the ITV breakfast programme along with Adil Ray as the pair announced a massive change to their show.

But when chatting to election expert Alex Thomas, Kate admitted she and her 18-year-old daughter Darcey would not be able to vote as they hadn’t received their polling cards – but in a sad twist, the late Derek Draper did.

“What happens if you haven’t registered to vote?”, she first said, “I’m in a situation, I was very excited, I thought my daughter, who has turned 18 recently, and I could go and vote for the first time.”

The GMB host admitted neither she nor her daughter Darcey had received their polling cards ahead of the General Election ( 
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In a sad twist, the late Derek Draper received his own card through the post but he lost a lengthy battle with Covid-19 earlier this year ( 
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The former lobbyist lost a lengthy battle against Covid-19 earlier this year, at the age of 56 years old. Kate then added, in reference to their teen daughter: “She’s now saying she doesn’t think she did properly register.”

“Polling cards have come through the door, I haven’t had one for myself or her. The only polling card that’s come through the door is for Derek, sadly, who’s passed away. Is there any way around that situation?”

Unfortunately for her, Alex Thomas let her know neither she nor Darcey would be able to vote this Thursday: “It’s too late now to register to vote.

Earlier in the programme, as viewers were preparing for polling stations to open this Thursday at 7am, Kate Garraway and Adil Ray announced their programme would be a “politics-free zone” due to regulations.

“You might be wondering why on the day of the election – because it is polling day today, by the way – we’re not actually discussing the issues related to the general election or interviewing the people that have a position on the issues,” Kate first said.

She then went on: “We can’t talk about the issues because we have to follow certain broadcasting rules which means today’s Good Morning Britain is a ‘politics-free zone.'”

In recent weeks, GMB hosts have focused their attention on various political leaders who agreed to endure their grilling – with the exception of Rishi Sunak who was called out for snubbing the programme. Instead, the prime minister was seen on the set of Loose Women and This Morning.

On Wednesday, July 3, however, Sunak’s appearance was overshadowed by a string of awkward moments and a plethora of critical comments over on X, otherwise known as Twitter.