Turnout for the UK election 2024

60% according to Yougov and Statista.

Haven't found anywhere suggesting higher.

So a majority and a mandate but only just.

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

The interesting thing for me is that it had never been so hard to qualify to vote this time around.

Conservative creating of voter I:D required to vote; so the question then arises as to how many couldn't vote and how many chose not to ?
The shifting of constituency boundaries; certain MP's standing down prior to voting; certain MP'S threatening to resign if....;continued bias in right-wing owned newspapers and the plethora of media outlets using ridiculous 'polls' (uncheckable by a good percentage of the public) quoted as if they were a good predictor of what was going to happen....

And I couldn't find statistics on the number of spoilt ballots.
Deliberate or unintentional.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Picklebobble2 I am sure that the ID requirements have suppressed turnout. But the biggest factor must be the reporting in the mrdia and the feeling that the outcome was a foregone conclusion.

SW-User

@SunshineGirl Hopefully the identification criteria will disappear before the next election. Designed by the Conservatives to disenfranchise the underclass.

My wife was harangued for not having her polling card! Because it slowed down the process, she was told.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@SW-User Hopefully someone will be able to produce statistical evidence from this election that it has had a negative impact.

I knew one of the tellers in the polling station and they didn't even bother looking at my documents . .

22Michelle · 61-69, T

@SunshineGirl My wife and I had our passports. The ladies on the desk looked at my wife's, but didnt bother with mine. One did remark that "nobody looks like their passport picture". My wife's is 9 years old.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@22Michelle All a bit pointless really. The only acceptable ID I had is an EU passport with a very dated photo. My work security card, which gives me access to some government buildings, has a much better likeness but is not on the list of accepted documents.