HC 232 - Voter Engagement in the UK

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HC 232 - Voter Engagement in the UK is written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0215078772 (ISBN 10) and 9780215078773 (ISBN 13).

Since 1945, turnout for general elections in the UK has fallen from a high of 83.9% in 1950 to a low of 59.4% in 2001. Turnout for the 2010 general election was 65.1% higher than the previous two general elections, but still the third lowest since the introduction of universal suffrage. Turnout at the last general election was also low compared with turnout at the last parliamentary elections in other European Union countries. There is also evidence that a significant number of people in the UK are not registered to vote, with the most recent estimates indicating that the electoral register was between 85 and 87% complete. This would mean that approximately 6.5 million people are missing from the electoral register. In light of this, the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee agreed to conduct an inquiry into voter registration and turnout in the UK.