The UK has historically been held up as leading democracy with free and fair elections. However, our new report shows ...

Half of the British adults voted at the 2024 general election, making it the lowest turnout by share of population since universal suffrage, according to a report. As per the Institute for Public ...

Turnout disparity in UK elections between graduates and non-graduates has widened to 11 percentage points. In 2024 this was twice as high as 2019.

Voter turnout is reported to have been the lowest since 2001 in last week’s UK general election, at just 59.9 per cent.. At just 0.5 points above 2001’s low of 59.4 per cent, this year’s ...

Ahead of the KCC elections, local democracy reporter Robert Boddy looks at poor voter turnout and ponders why the public can't be more engaged.