Jul 6, 2024 06:42 PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevwk8q8k2do
EXCERPTS: People in Luton have shared some of their reasons for not adding to the weight of ballot boxes on Thursday. People living in an east of England town have shared some of their reasons for not voting in the general election.
Candidates failed to enthuse residents in and around Luton, Bedfordshire. Statistics show that only about one in two people voted in Luton North and in Luton South and South Bedfordshire. Four people who live in Luton gave the BBC their reasons for deciding not to put a cross in the box.
Derek Fletcher, who did not vote on Thursday, said he was tired after work Derek Fletcher, 58, offered two political reasons and one personal reason for not voting. He said candidates did not appeal, he suggested that the UK could not be cured, and he said he was tired after work.
[...] Julia Hotaj said she had other things to focus on Julia Hotaj, 18, said: "I wasn't interested. I have got other things to focus on rather than... elections and all of that. I did have family members that voted but I don't remember what they voted for." She said she had paid only some attention to the campaign.
[...] Luton was not the only place where many people decided against heading to a polling station. Turnout across the UK as a whole was 60% - the second lowest in a UK election since 1885. Only 2001 was lower, with turnout of 59%.
In the newly-created constituency of Leeds South, only 42% of those eligible to vote chose to do so.
Muslim Abu Jay, 62, did not vote for religious reasons. "It goes against our principles," he said.
[...] Clayton Egleton, 45, said he had mental heath problems and was put off by the need to present photographic identification... (MORE - missing details)
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EXCERPTS: People in Luton have shared some of their reasons for not adding to the weight of ballot boxes on Thursday. People living in an east of England town have shared some of their reasons for not voting in the general election.
Candidates failed to enthuse residents in and around Luton, Bedfordshire. Statistics show that only about one in two people voted in Luton North and in Luton South and South Bedfordshire. Four people who live in Luton gave the BBC their reasons for deciding not to put a cross in the box.
Derek Fletcher, who did not vote on Thursday, said he was tired after work Derek Fletcher, 58, offered two political reasons and one personal reason for not voting. He said candidates did not appeal, he suggested that the UK could not be cured, and he said he was tired after work.
[...] Julia Hotaj said she had other things to focus on Julia Hotaj, 18, said: "I wasn't interested. I have got other things to focus on rather than... elections and all of that. I did have family members that voted but I don't remember what they voted for." She said she had paid only some attention to the campaign.
[...] Luton was not the only place where many people decided against heading to a polling station. Turnout across the UK as a whole was 60% - the second lowest in a UK election since 1885. Only 2001 was lower, with turnout of 59%.
In the newly-created constituency of Leeds South, only 42% of those eligible to vote chose to do so.
Muslim Abu Jay, 62, did not vote for religious reasons. "It goes against our principles," he said.
[...] Clayton Egleton, 45, said he had mental heath problems and was put off by the need to present photographic identification... (MORE - missing details)
RELATED (scivillage): 14 years of Conservative rule ends in Labour Party landslide