The first PCC result is in, recording a "win" for Conservative Angus Macpherson in Wiltshire on a 15.8 percent turnout. Even then, it was decided on second preference votes. As to the turnout, only 81,477 of a total electorate of 514,854 voted. With 35,319 votes going to Macpherson, ahead of Labour's Clare Moody who took 21,157 votes, that gives the lead candidate 6.86 percent of the electorate.

In some Wiltshire districts, the turnout dropped as low as 10.95 percent (Trowbridge) and 10.41 percent (Devizes), the cumulative result making this the lowest peacetime turnout on record in any British election – so far – beating the 23 percent in the 1999 European elections.

This makes the comments of Home Secretary Theresa May rather inappropriate. Yesterday, she was telling us that the commissioners will take the "voice of the people" to forces across the country, but it now transpires that, if the "people" do have a voice, the cast majority have chosen not to use it.

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It is interesting that your Betters refuse to acknowledge even THIS statement by their citizens, even though it is almost the only voice - refusing to participate in an election farce - that said citizens still have. But it aligns well with the situation in West Pondia, where petitions to secede from the Union have been lodged for all 50 states, and the total number of signatories for those petitions exceed the total number of "Law Enforcement" officers over here. Some people just absolutely REFUSE to pay attention to the rattlesnake's rattle...

Reference is to the Gadsden flag, in case that does not translate well when crossing the Pond.

Well I am pleased to announce that in the town where I live 92% of the eligible voters saw through the PCC scam and stayed away from the ballot box. Gives me some hope that going forward they may prove to be as wise again.
In the county there was a 16.8% turnout which means of course 83.2% stayed away. Again quite a result.

North Yorkshire: Conservative got 7.7% Labour got 5.6%. (82213 / 0.133) Total figure of voting was given as 14.32% so spoilt ballots was around 1% of the electorate (total 600,000+) and approaching 7% of votes cast.

Edited by user 16 November 2012 15:38:23(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I said in the other thread, that you should support your Independent candidate (if you had one) and I did.

Not only did he keep his deposit, but he won!

Stop voting LibLabCon and give the Indies a chance. One in the eye for the LibLabCon!

http://www.itv.com/news/...ew-pcc-for-warwickshire/

In t'land of the woollyback...

Richard Rhodes got 28% of the votes from the 16% of voters who turned out.

That means fewer than 5% of Cumbria's electorate actually voted for him.

Cameron has inadvertently lifted the curtain too far or as Hopper said,

"You let one ant stand up to us, and they all might stand up! Those "puny little ants" outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life!"

Even better, Godfrey Bloom didn't get it either!

There are only two alternatives...

1) next to zero turnout.

2) close too 100% spoiled ballots.