§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research his Department has undertaken on correlation between voter turnout in local elections and the frequency of elections. [84543]
§ Mr. MealeThis year we have commissioned wide-ranging research to examine the factors affecting turnout in local elections. The expected results will include an updating of the Department's report, "Explaining election turnout: a secondary analysis of local election statistics", published in 1994.