Wisely, she is consulting electoral professionals across the country, because of the coincidence of the other elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the local elections in England, to see what is in the best interests. The underpinning principle is that the elections to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly take priority and should be the first to declare, so the question is what the best order is to put in place for counting on the referendum.