Local Elections

On the 5th May 2011 we had the latest round of Local Elections and, as usual, there was a poor turn out of electors. There is no point in gathering together reams of statistics to show trends and variations in electoral expectations, in short, those that didn't vote are quite happy with the situation and see no need for change.

In my Ward, Sutton Vesey, 18,528 of us have the vote and on the day, 5th May, 7891 of us, 42.59%, voted. The vote cast was:- Conservative 3,864 (48.97%)
Labour. 3,118 (39.51%)
Liberal/Dem. 463 ( 5.53%)
Green Party. 424 ( 5.37%)
The question is what happened to the missing 10,637 voters? Whatever it was, it must have been serious. The mereorological office report it was cool with light winds, the NHS say admissions to hospitals were of the usual order. The AA & Rac report business as normal. Birmingham Airport and British Rail both report business as usual. So I ask the question again, 'What happened to those missing voters'?

I think it reasonable to ask the Birmingham City Council to explain where these 10,000+ voters went to. The Council is the biggest employer in the region, several thousand of the missing could be employed by the Council. The Council provide the Polling Booth, and the vote is counted on Council Premises, and the Lord Mayor announces the winner