https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-elections-2019

Council elections: Why don't people vote?
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-elections-2019

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Council elections: Why don't people vote?

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-elections-2019
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-04-10T09:33:21.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-05-02T13:07:23.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-04T11:35:38.507Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: councils, elections, politics
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47666080
• Size: 325 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Council elections: Why don't people vote?

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/B7E1/production/_106137074_lowestvotes-nc.png)

In March 2019 we [looked at turnout in local elections in 2018](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47666080) in the run-up to the 2019 elections.

Just over one in three registered voters actually took part in the elections in 2018 and there were some areas where it was barely one in four.

## Get the data

* [Turnouts by local authority, including radio station lookup](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/council-elections-2019/blob/master/turnoutsmaster.xlsx)

## Quotes and interviews

* Voters in Hartlepool's Manor House ward, where just over 16% of voters turned out in 2018

* Rachael Farrington, founder, Voting Counts - a campaign to encourage voters to register

* Jess Garland, the Electoral Reform Society (ERS)

* Michael Sani, campaign group Bite The Ballot

## Visualisation

* Bar chart: lowest turnouts in English local elections 2018

* Bar chart: highest turnouts in English local elections 2018

* Column chart: Turnout in English council elections 2007-2018

* Infographic: Local elections 2019

## Related stories

* You can find all election-related stories from the data unit [tagged 'elections' on GitHub](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aelections+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit&type=Repositories)