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Originally Posted by Lilly
All turnouts were low, there is a lot of apathy round these parts but 26% was an abysmal turnout in Peel ward. The lowest of the lot in fact.
I don't know why this was.
Reading these posts it appears that he is very well thought of in Peel so why did all those who think Graham Jones is such a wonderful asset not go and vote for him? 
I don't think he should resign. What's there to resign over? I'm just wondering why so few voted in Peel. It stood out a very low turnout even by today's standards. |
Several reasons. 12% of properties are empty. So if the average turnout should be 1 in 3 voters, that's 4%.
Landlords who have a high turnover of people. 17% of properties are landlorded and the turnout from these is less than 5%. So another 5% of voters gone there.
Thirdly, the turnout in the general is high. Some voters who vote Labour are aware that historically it will still be Labour and whilst they want to vote, and intend to, it's not an urgent high priority it would be if they knew their ward was marginal.
Fourthly. In marginals a lot of time is spent knocking on doors even on the day so many more people are aware/reminded.
If the third and fourth where applied to Peel (maybe if we had a byelection there for eg) I think the vote would have been around 750/800-250/300. Nearer the normal. It is made a big issue of but I think the people in Peel are no different in voting habits to anywhere else.