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5.3% turnout. Could it be that these parties are not what people want?
RT @BritainElects: Ashton (Wigan) council by-election result:
LAB: 62.8% (+9.4)
CON: 31.2% (+8.0)
LDEM: 6.0% (+2.1)
Votes cast: 468 (5.3%)*
No Ind (-19.6) as prev.
Labour HOLD.
*Unconfirmed: lowest council by-election turnout in post-war history.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1603670936019943424
@catherinerowett certainly a possibility but I wouldn't have bothered to go and vote in a local election (the only type I can take part in) if there's a possibility I'll break a leg in the process.
(My wife had a nasty fall on Monday due to ice/snow. Nothing broken but still painful)
Note: we really need to know whether the candidates got a higher number of votes, not whether they got a higher share. I presume they all got fewer votes than last time?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1603671607595208708