Voter Turnout Lowest Since Universal Suffrage, Study Shows

Only just over half of adults in the UK cast a vote in the last general election, report released on Friday has revealed. The study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which describes itself on X as “the UK’s leading progressive think tank,” put the voter turnout at 52 percent, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1928. Titled “Half Of Us: Turnout Patterns at the 2024 General Election,” the report stated: “One-half of adults in this country voted at the 2024 general election. “This is the lowest share of the population to vote since universal suffrage. Even among registered voters, only three in every five cast a ballot. If non-voters were a party, they would have been the largest party by some distance.”...