Turnout in my ward in last year's local elections was 24%.
No-one thinks this is good. But few have a plan to fix it beyond diagnosing the causes and doing the important and often thankless work of competing for the remaining votes.
In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could begin to reclaim the relationships with residents they have lost in the past decade.
Turnout in my ward in last year's local elections was 24%.
No-one thinks this is good. But few have a plan to fix it beyond diagnosing the causes and doing the important and often thankless work of competing for the remaining votes.