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% of electors who voted - Bill Ratclffe (7th Jun 2009 - 10:41:51) Does anyone know what % of the electorate voted in the recent County Council elections?

Re: % of electors who voted - Editor (7th Jun 2009 - 15:26:54) Winning Party Conservative Party James, Sam - votes received 2849 (63.65%) Electorate 12685 Total Votes Cast 4476 Turnout 35.29% Previous Turnout 66.24% Editor

Re: % of electors who voted - Steve Read (7th Jun 2009 - 19:48:15) Says it all really!

Re: % of electors who voted - Editor (8th Jun 2009 - 16:20:10) South East European Result Conservative 812,288 votes 34.8% (-0.4%) - 4 MEPs UK Independence Party 440,002 votes 18.8% (-0.7%) - 2 MEPs Liberal Democrats 330,340 votes 14.1% (-1.2%) - 2 MEPs Green Party 271,506 votes 11.6% (+3.8%) - 1 MEP Labour 192,592 votes 8.2% (-5.4%) - 1 MEP South East electorate 6,231,875 South East turnout 2,334,858 = 37% Interestingly the national turnout for the European Election was even lower at just 34% Alan

Re: % of electors who voted - Bill Ratcliffe (18th Jun 2009 - 22:50:57) So 2/3rds of the population think that MEPs are not worth a vote. Not much better for local elections. What % will the next national election achieve? With the latest round of expenses revalations even David the Good has been caught out. Looks like Dennis Skinner for President.

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