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Born in Ludlow, Shropshire, in 1830, Robinson studied drawing and painting while working in a bookshop in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and he opened his first portrait studio in the town in 1855.

"That link about the world's top portrait photographer of the 1800s living and working in Leamington Spa and we got the world's top portrait photographer of current times actually coming to the town - that binds the whole story together," added the outgoing vice chair Mark Godfrey.

Among those affected by the transport issues were Justine, 53 and Benny, 20, who had travelled to London from the Warwickshire town of Leamington Spa to renew the latter's passport.

Nathaniel Gate, 21, lives in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and does not yet know if he will be voting - or who he would vote for.

As the university was campus based, the only options for students who did not live on campus were to live in Canley, Coventry, or Leamington Spa.