Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-10.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what percentage of those registered to vote by post did so in (a) police commissioner elections and (b) the local European elections in each electoral area; and what the percentage turnout was at polling stations in each election and in each area.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that the turnout figures at the Police and Crime Commissioner elections were as follows:
|
2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections |
In-person turnout % |
Postal voter turnout % |
|
England and Wales |
9.2 |
48.2 |
|
Avon and Somerset |
13.8 |
52.1 |
|
Bedfordshire |
13.2 |
52.3 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
10.5 |
49.7 |
|
Cheshire |
8.4 |
48.6 |
|
Cleveland |
9.0 |
48.9 |
|
Cumbria |
10.1 |
50.1 |
|
Derbyshire |
8.2 |
49.5 |
|
Devon and Cornwall |
10.1 |
43.8 |
|
Dorset |
11.3 |
53.5 |
|
Durham |
6.7 |
45.2 |
|
Essex |
8.3 |
48.3 |
|
Gloucestershire |
11.4 |
48.1 |
|
Greater Manchester |
7.3 |
44.5 |
|
Hampshire |
9.5 |
50.0 |
|
Hertfordshire |
8.2 |
48.9 |
|
Humberside |
14.5 |
60.0 |
|
Kent |
10.5 |
52.5 |
|
Lancashire |
7.9 |
49.7 |
|
Leicestershire |
11.2 |
52.0 |
|
Lincolnshire |
10.6 |
49.1 |
|
Merseyside |
6.3 |
48.5 |
|
Norfolk |
9.5 |
49.0 |
|
North Yorkshire |
9.0 |
46.3 |
|
Northamptonshire |
12.9 |
50.8 |
|
Northumbria |
6.3 |
44.1 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
9.8 |
53.2 |
|
South Yorkshire |
6.1 |
46.7 |
|
Staffordshire |
6.9 |
48.8 |
|
Suffolk |
10.3 |
50.4 |
|
Surrey |
9.9 |
48.9 |
|
Sussex |
10.1 |
49.6 |
|
Thames Valley |
8.7 |
45.4 |
|
Warwickshire |
10.3 |
54.1 |
|
West Mercia |
8.4 |
47.5 |
|
West Midlands |
8.6 |
47.4 |
|
West Yorkshire |
7.3 |
47.1 |
|
Wiltshire |
10.3 |
44.7 |
|
Dyfed-Powys |
11.3 |
46.4 |
|
Gwent |
8.3 |
44.2 |
|
North Wales |
9.8 |
47.2 |
|
South Wales |
8.6 |
44.7 |
The turnout figures at the 2009 European Parliament elections were:
|
2009 English European elections |
In-person turnout % |
Postal voter turnout % |
|
United Kingdom |
30.3 |
64.4 |
|
Great Britain |
29.9 |
64.4 |
|
England |
30.8 |
64.7 |
|
Northern Ireland |
42.6 |
68.9 |
|
Scotland |
24.4 |
63.3 |
|
Wales |
25.4 |
61.7 |
|
London |
30.0 |
61.2 |
|
South West |
34.8 |
67.7 |
|
South East |
33.5 |
67.8 |
|
Eastern |
34.0 |
66.7 |
|
West Midlands |
31.3 |
66.1 |
|
East Midlands |
32.8 |
66.9 |
|
Yorkshire & the Humber |
26.8 |
63.4 |
|
North East |
21.4 |
59.4 |
|
North West |
26.3 |
63.0 |
