§ Mark TamiTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the(a) lowest and (b) highest turnout in a local authority election was in the last five years. [156445]
§ Phil HopeI have been asked to reply.
Turnout at local authority elections is not recorded centrally and the specific figures requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However a source of information that may be useful to the hon. Member is the Local Elections Handbook which is published annually by the Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre at the University of Plymouth which contains turnout figures for local authority elections.