One in ten not registered to vote in Southampton (From This is Hampshire)

Most voters , especially young voters, see no difference between the Tories and New Labour.
No wonder 1 in 10 arent registered. Even if they were there is no guarrantee people will go out and vote. Turnouts have been dropping for years for the reason above.

It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

Perhaps registering to be in the Country would help

Condor Man wrote:
It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably.....

Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else.
The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote:
It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably.....

Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

I would like to see Labour returned to power if only to clean up the mess they've made. It's inevitable that the public sector will suffer, budgets will be slashed etc etc etc and in their usual fashion the unions will refuse to face reality and there will be a summer of discontent to 'protect their members' from what everyone else has to take on the chin. The three main parties agree that there will be pain but don't agree on its timing so let's put Labour back in and let them reap the whirlwind. I'm registered to vote and I may very well put my cross against the ever popular one eyed idiot.

Probably because 1 in 10 people in hampshire are illegal immigrants or foreigners with no right to vote........

Doesn't really matter who we vote in because they're all lying thieving useless idiots with only their own best interests at heart, oh and those of the above mentioned......

DCM wrote:

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else.
The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

why so many not reg to vote is because there is no left wing party to vote for, all the partys are right wing apart from this new TUSC lot and they have not got the money to cover every seat so they can only cover a few at the moment.
you find that when a student stays in a hall of residents or other uni housing they are automaticly registered to vote.

echo recheck your figures "only 57.5 per cent of people voted in southampton test", or is that 57.5 per cent of the people that did register to vote did vote. that would be two different figures.
i have figures that only 52% of those that could have voted did vote in the last general election. and the forecast for this general election is going to be 50% or lower.

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else. The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

why so many not reg to vote is because there is no left wing party to vote for, all the partys are right wing apart from this new TUSC lot and they have not got the money to cover every seat so they can only cover a few at the moment. you find that when a student stays in a hall of residents or other uni housing they are automaticly registered to vote. echo recheck your figures "only 57.5 per cent of people voted in southampton test", or is that 57.5 per cent of the people that did register to vote did vote. that would be two different figures. i have figures that only 52% of those that could have voted did vote in the last general election. and the forecast for this general election is going to be 50% or lower.

I can't remember whether I was automatically registered to vote when I stayed in halls at University, so don't know if you're right on that one. However most students in Southampton stay in privately owned houses where they certainly aren't automatically registered to vote.
The Echo clearly means 57.5% turnout, i.e. of those registered to vote as this would be publicly available information. Your figure of 52% (if correct) would be of total eligible to vote, as the percentage is about 10% lower which reflects the fact that 1 in 10 aren't registered.
As for the fact that there are no left wing parties to vote for, that's true but has nothing to do with the reason for people not registering. Left wing parties don't get 10% of the vote so that can't expalain 10% not registering. More likely to be because of the reasons I stated before, and the fact that some people just can't be bothered.

Mahoney212 wrote:
Probably because 1 in 10 people in hampshire are illegal immigrants or foreigners with no right to vote........ Doesn't really matter who we vote in because they're all lying thieving useless idiots with only their own best interests at heart, oh and those of the above mentioned......

Illegal immigrants and foreigners with no right to vote wouldn't be included in these figures - read the story again (very slowly if you have to). The data from the ONS shows people 1 in 10 people ELIGIBLE to vote have not registered. Illegals and people with no right to vote aren't eligible so aren't included (but no-one has any idea how many illegals there are (including you) so that's irrelevant anyway).

DCM wrote:

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else. The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

why so many not reg to vote is because there is no left wing party to vote for, all the partys are right wing apart from this new TUSC lot and they have not got the money to cover every seat so they can only cover a few at the moment. you find that when a student stays in a hall of residents or other uni housing they are automaticly registered to vote. echo recheck your figures "only 57.5 per cent of people voted in southampton test", or is that 57.5 per cent of the people that did register to vote did vote. that would be two different figures. i have figures that only 52% of those that could have voted did vote in the last general election. and the forecast for this general election is going to be 50% or lower.

I can't remember whether I was automatically registered to vote when I stayed in halls at University, so don't know if you're right on that one. However most students in Southampton stay in privately owned houses where they certainly aren't automatically registered to vote.
The Echo clearly means 57.5% turnout, i.e. of those registered to vote as this would be publicly available information. Your figure of 52% (if correct) would be of total eligible to vote, as the percentage is about 10% lower which reflects the fact that 1 in 10 aren't registered.
As for the fact that there are no left wing parties to vote for, that's true but has nothing to do with the reason for people not registering. Left wing parties don't get 10% of the vote so that can't expalain 10% not registering. More likely to be because of the reasons I stated before, and the fact that some people just can't be bothered.

take me the last time i voted was in 1997 after then i stop because there was no point in voting i could not see the point in voting for one right wing party for another right wing party, and in 1997 there was 72% of the people that could vote did vote, ever since then the numbers have been dropping, has the election years have rolled by more and more people have stop voting even those who use to register to vote have been dropping, a lot of the ones that are left to vote labour only do so in the hope that the left wing will win back labour or vote on the lesser of the evils.
your right about those in private housing not registering, but thats down to the land lord to inform them to register to vote.

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else. The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

why so many not reg to vote is because there is no left wing party to vote for, all the partys are right wing apart from this new TUSC lot and they have not got the money to cover every seat so they can only cover a few at the moment. you find that when a student stays in a hall of residents or other uni housing they are automaticly registered to vote. echo recheck your figures "only 57.5 per cent of people voted in southampton test", or is that 57.5 per cent of the people that did register to vote did vote. that would be two different figures. i have figures that only 52% of those that could have voted did vote in the last general election. and the forecast for this general election is going to be 50% or lower.

I can't remember whether I was automatically registered to vote when I stayed in halls at University, so don't know if you're right on that one. However most students in Southampton stay in privately owned houses where they certainly aren't automatically registered to vote. The Echo clearly means 57.5% turnout, i.e. of those registered to vote as this would be publicly available information. Your figure of 52% (if correct) would be of total eligible to vote, as the percentage is about 10% lower which reflects the fact that 1 in 10 aren't registered. As for the fact that there are no left wing parties to vote for, that's true but has nothing to do with the reason for people not registering. Left wing parties don't get 10% of the vote so that can't expalain 10% not registering. More likely to be because of the reasons I stated before, and the fact that some people just can't be bothered.

take me the last time i voted was in 1997 after then i stop because there was no point in voting i could not see the point in voting for one right wing party for another right wing party, and in 1997 there was 72% of the people that could vote did vote, ever since then the numbers have been dropping, has the election years have rolled by more and more people have stop voting even those who use to register to vote have been dropping, a lot of the ones that are left to vote labour only do so in the hope that the left wing will win back labour or vote on the lesser of the evils. your right about those in private housing not registering, but thats down to the land lord to inform them to register to vote.

Turnout has been dropping since 1997 because in both 2001 and 2005 the Tories were a mess and Labour were going to win hands down, so people thought quite logically that there was no point in voting. I would think the turnout would be far higher in this election as it's going to be a very tight contest, though I could be wrong. Maybe apathy has got worse, only time will tell.
Regarding private households, it's not the landlords responsibility it's the tenants. The council send through a registration form which you're supposed to fill in by law. If tenants don't do it, that's their problem.

DCM wrote:

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

southy wrote:

DCM wrote:

Iw61 wrote:

Condor Man wrote: It is crucial that people go out and vote in order to rid the country of Brown and another 5 years of economic and social decline.

........and replace him with a party that will worsen the economic situation considerably..... Politicians all sound the same. Saying 'its crucial' isnt going to inspire anyone.

There are other parties other than the Tories and Labour. I fail to see why so many people who are unhappy with the two main parties are unwilling to vote for someone else. The fact that one in ten people in Southampton aren't registered is hardly surprising, the student population are often registered at their home address rather than their term time address. Add that in to the number of EU citizens who are allowed to vote but wouldn't bother registering and that adds up to quite a lot.

why so many not reg to vote is because there is no left wing party to vote for, all the partys are right wing apart from this new TUSC lot and they have not got the money to cover every seat so they can only cover a few at the moment. you find that when a student stays in a hall of residents or other uni housing they are automaticly registered to vote. echo recheck your figures "only 57.5 per cent of people voted in southampton test", or is that 57.5 per cent of the people that did register to vote did vote. that would be two different figures. i have figures that only 52% of those that could have voted did vote in the last general election. and the forecast for this general election is going to be 50% or lower.

I can't remember whether I was automatically registered to vote when I stayed in halls at University, so don't know if you're right on that one. However most students in Southampton stay in privately owned houses where they certainly aren't automatically registered to vote. The Echo clearly means 57.5% turnout, i.e. of those registered to vote as this would be publicly available information. Your figure of 52% (if correct) would be of total eligible to vote, as the percentage is about 10% lower which reflects the fact that 1 in 10 aren't registered. As for the fact that there are no left wing parties to vote for, that's true but has nothing to do with the reason for people not registering. Left wing parties don't get 10% of the vote so that can't expalain 10% not registering. More likely to be because of the reasons I stated before, and the fact that some people just can't be bothered.

take me the last time i voted was in 1997 after then i stop because there was no point in voting i could not see the point in voting for one right wing party for another right wing party, and in 1997 there was 72% of the people that could vote did vote, ever since then the numbers have been dropping, has the election years have rolled by more and more people have stop voting even those who use to register to vote have been dropping, a lot of the ones that are left to vote labour only do so in the hope that the left wing will win back labour or vote on the lesser of the evils. your right about those in private housing not registering, but thats down to the land lord to inform them to register to vote.

Turnout has been dropping since 1997 because in both 2001 and 2005 the Tories were a mess and Labour were going to win hands down, so people thought quite logically that there was no point in voting. I would think the turnout would be far higher in this election as it's going to be a very tight contest, though I could be wrong. Maybe apathy has got worse, only time will tell.
Regarding private households, it's not the landlords responsibility it's the tenants. The council send through a registration form which you're supposed to fill in by law. If tenants don't do it, that's their problem.

the number that been voting for torys has been going up, out of all the partys theres have been the only ones that been having the increase to the % of the population growth, labours have been dropping since kinnock on ave to the population growth, when theres should be double of that of the torys, what lets the torys in power is because the labour voters stop voting for some reason or another, plus those who sit on the fence. apart from in 1979 when the torys got the women vote that put them in power, its just that after 1997 elections you see the biggest drop in numbers in voting
on the test it will be very tight thats for sure, but there will be a bigger turn out on the itchen because the TUSC is standing there that will pull out a load more voters than there has been.
the moment a landlord puts his accommodation up to let on the uni notice board he is ment to advise each student to register to vote and like i said he/she is ment to inform them to register the landlord dont do it for them thats down to the students to do, even the uni is ment to advise its students to register to.

Apathy and a general dislike of all the money grabbing politicians has caused this. When a party with common sense and good managment skills is out there to run our country then more people might vote.

English defence league Hythe division wrote:
Apathy and a general dislike of all the money grabbing politicians has caused this. When a party with common sense and good managment skills is out there to run our country then more people might vote.

you mean a good socialist government.

English defence league Hythe division wrote:
Apathy and a general dislike of all the money grabbing politicians has caused this. When a party with common sense and good managment skills is out there to run our country then more people might vote.

You dont qualify, thankfully, because you are a racist, nationalist bigot.
Who the hell is going to listen to you!!