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SALFORD HAS LOWEST TURNOUT IN GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR ELECTION
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Star date: 5th May 2017 SALFORD TURNOUT 25.11% LOWEST IN GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR ELECTION The Salford turnout of 25.11% was the lowest of the ten areas in Greater Manchester which voted for its first elected Mayor yesterday. The highest turnout was in Trafford with 38.35%, Average turnout in the election was 28.93%. The result will be declared this afternoon. Full details here...
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Salford recorded the lowest percentage of votes out of the ten areas of Greater Manchester which went to the polls to elect the first GM Mayor yesterday. Only 25.11% people turned out to vote or 43,444 out of 173,042 who were eligible compared to Trafford, which had the highest turnout of 38.35%. The full turnout figures by local council area were... Trafford - 38.35%
Stockport - 32.19%
Bury - 32.16%
Bolton - 29.34%
Manchester 28.4%
Wigan 27.29%
Tameside 26%
Oldham 25.78%
Rochdale 25.24%
Salford 25.11% The average turnout for the whole of Greater Manchester was 28.93% - or 573,543 voters out of 1,982,343 who were eligible. The result of who won the ballot will be declared this afternoon. Update: 4:15pm - Andy Burnham elected Greater Manchester Mayor - click here Update: 6:30pm - To see how Salford voted in the GM Mayor Election see updated Salford Star article - click here
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Winston Smith wrote
at 12:34:09 on 09 May 2017 |
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| @Mark That is my whole point - if 70% of people do not turn out, that should mean that there is not enough active support for it and whatever it is should be dropped - i.e. there should be no mayor. Demonstrably, very few people want one and why should only 30% overrule the 70%? Incidentally, it's not apathy that keeps me away and I know many others who are the same. If we had a democracy I'd love to be actively involved in politics. Saying it is apathy is just party propaganda and you've fallen for it. Only the parties benefit from this corrupt system and I'm not endorsing it with a vote. And before anybody trots out the old 'why don't you stand then' the parties damn well know there's no way an independent candidate can compete at local level with the resources that a *national* party can divert to a *local* fight. An independent doesn't have people paying £75k to have dinner with them (Cameron) and Rupert Murdoch isn't going to invite me to be a godparent (Blair) or put his newspapers behind me and I'm just not going to kiss Murdoch's arse like the ethicless national parties do. Also, an independent candidate doesn't have the media constantly advertising them like the BBC and ITV do for Labour and Conservatives, or millionaire donors ('bribers') like the main parties do. Democracy? Like bollocks it is. |
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Mark wrote
at 16:55:00 on 08 May 2017 |
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| @WinstonSmith sorry I disagree, just because someone doesnt turn up to vote it doesnt mean they are against the system, it means they are lazy useless (insert whatever you want). If someone is so bothered about it they should spoil their ballot paper, but they should still go out and vote....that is the correct way to do it. You find very little political apathy in the middle class and older people, hence the reason that the Torys will stay in power for decades. |
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Winston Smith wrote
at 16:13:10 on 07 May 2017 |
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| @Michael Felse - the democratic decision is that well over 60% - 70% of people in Greater Manchester do not want a mayor and, in effect, voted against having a mayor by staying away. If the 'democratic decision' was respected, the mayor would already have stepped down as he clearly has no mandate from the people. He therefore doesn't respect the people's verdict so can't really expect our respect in return, can he? |
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at 13:04:37 on 05 May 2017 |
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Michael James Felse wrote
at 11:54:15 on 05 May 2017 |
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| Whoever is elected Metro Mayor this afternoon it is important to accept the democratic decision. I am asking the new Mayor to pull together with all political groups (any Mayor should always be able to set aside politics) to make Greater Manchester the Brexit Capital of the North West. Our young people deserve innovative and world economy jobs. We must give confidence into better social care, education and enterprise. Together making Brexit work we can run with any elected to achieve real prosperity for residents. People are fed up with the old and broken, let us make something proud, loud and great. Brexit means we must be serious about listening to people. Our new Mayor must. |
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Joe Oneill wrote
at 09:07:05 on 05 May 2017 |
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| We never asked for it and we did not want it, again we see another layer of gravy train queue jumpers fighting to get on. So who ever wins surely they will go on with no mandate from the people. Perhaps he can team up with Tony Lloyd. |
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life is loud wrote
at 09:06:54 on 05 May 2017 |
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