Apathy All Round: The Stats So Far
The people have spoken, and the undoubted winner of last night’s by-elections and PCC plebiscites is the increasingly anti-politics Guidoisation of the British public. Here are the key stats so far:
- Ed’s former deputy chief of staff Lucy Powell took Manchester Central with a turnout of 18.2%, the lowest turnout in a by-election since the Second World War.
- The Tories lost their deposit, and only beat UKIP by five votes.
- Almost 75% chose not to vote as Labour held Cardiff South.
- Tory Angus MacPherson won the Wiltshire PCC election on a turnout of 15.8%.
- Turnout in Coventry for the West Midlands PCC election was 10.9%.
- Some polling stations have reported turnout as low as 3%.
Meanwhile UKIP’s odds in Corby have come in from 120/1 to 6/1 and Prezza is under pressure…
Shows that my moniker is correct
A bit of apathy would do the country good, too many interfering arseholes.
Did you say interfering with arseholes?
And that.
How did Sooty and Sweep get into this?
Perhaps they know Rio, Anton and Ash?
Trouble is the elections still count and the self serving bastards carry on as before.
Get the tumbils rolling….
Let’s make them redundant, which is what they are.
Well, if all those who did not vote decided to confine the tories, labour and lib-dems to the history books, all they would have to do is turn up to vote for an independent and all three big parties would be totally finished.
When all three combined, can only get 20% of the electorate, then the other 80% should be able to finish of those old 20th century parties in one fell swoop at the next general election.
Yesterday I tried to find out who were the candidates in my region, but the one major website was down due to heavy traffic.
Eventually I found there were 7 candidates, four from parties and the others independent but of 3 cultures, white middle aged woman, afro-caribbean man, and asian man.
Went to the polls and absolutely no information on the candidates.
Registration system had a first and a second choice, but the polling staff did not know how it worked.
A woman voter offered me the information from the centrefold of a local newspaper, but luckily I had found a website that gave the candidates their own personal messages.
None of the candidates were ideal, so I chose the only independent woman as at least she had been in the real world of industry and policing.
This must be the worst UK national voting operation in living memory, if not for ever. Third world Pakistan do it better.
Quite agree. What’s the matter with people. I dont understand this reluctance to vote for anything other than the usual 3. Surely an overwhelming vote for independents would have been a bigger kick in the balls to the whole miserable lot of them than abstaining.
I was gunna post that but I CBA
after apathy comes grief.
Apathy?
Couln’t care much about apathy.
I cannot for the life of me understand this political apathy, when there are MP’s of my quality representing their constituents, baffling. Boaz.
Looking at the results, will there be any LD MP(s) are next general election?
We will hold the balance of power mate!
Your moniker is illegal
I think Andrew Neil hit on one of the reasons last night.
There was no election in London. Therefore none of the national media were interested.
I agree that this shouldn’t really be party political. The police are, however, already politicised, and at least this makes it explicit rather than being hidden by appointment.
My vote wouldn’t have shown up in a polling station count as I had a postal vote (which I used. I voted independent).
We agree.
Where? I don’t think you mean Liverpool or Birkenhead.
Stop voting!!! you only encourage them! (politicians)
Not if you vote for a non-politician!
There was no independant candidate for Northumbria. There was only the 4 main parties. Well, 3 main parties and the LD’s.
Independent. Grr. I hate bad spelling!
I’ve always believed in low turn outs.
So much easier to get elected
The turnout when Hitler was elected was 71.6% numbnuts.
Compared with 28.4% unnumbnuts.
And when he was re-elected.
0%
from apathy comes grief.
from fear comes desire.
we are at different stages of the cycle.
Deep man, deep.
The Chinese have the right idea.
0% turnout LOL!!!
Kill the opposition.
Here tis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20355358
If you stop voting they will only get worse. It would be Jack Dromeys all around for Labour
As it is written
I wonder what percentage was postal votes?
I posted all of my family’s 2500 votes in Central Manchester. Amazing how roomy a one-bed council flat can be.
Can we count the toothbrushes, to confirm they actually live there?
Doesn’t work with the lower races, everybody knows they don’t clean their teeth.
How true. It’s the only form of contraception we’re allowed.
Who were those five idiot voters.
Just wait if you think the electorate is disenfranchised.
I’m apa … athap ….. pathapet . . . thap … HUNGRY!
Fancy a beef burger and side fries?
So yesterdays voting was an outstanding success, so we will be told, hope they are crossing their fingers when they lie their fkin heads off to us, LibLabCon the one party to believe in, NOT.
Good Morning!
Today, I wish to be known as
The Slippery Shit who doesn’t know his VichyArse from his Quisling Elbow and whose winning strategies you see in action toady.
Thank you.
Don’t knock it – it’s a rare day off work for us!
>a rare day off work
WTF?
It usually is. But this time they erected a teeny little polling station in the school grounds. Low turnout expected…
A Portaloo would have done here
BBC reporting that one polling station in Newport had no votes cast at all.
that no one turned up to opn the door may account for that.
Not surprising, really. Most of Newport is boarded-up. It’s a real shithole.
Here’s a few clues why Newport is such a doss house town.
Newport East MP: Labour.
Newport West MP: Labour.
Newport Council: Labour.
Socialist shithole.
one of the many socialist shitholes in Britain
I spend all day covering up a socialist shithole.
Perhaps because the Welsh Language Society ordered people to boycott it on grounds of discrimination. There’s no X in the Welsh alphabet.
While that’s true I have seen the word “xenoffobaidd” in a magazine.
Presumably this means xenophobia, a condition affecting most Taffs.
I’ve met Michael Fucking Parkinson
I’ve met hundreds of interesting people but I don’t remember you.
Barrymore?
Yes, that’s why the Yanks voted again for him.
Just sat watching all the Downton Abbeys I missed during my recent stay at your Monarch’s pleasure.
What did you think of them?
I just love the period feel
Although they were OK, I much preferred the movie 10,000 BC as it just felt like better times.
My favourite film is “My Beautiful Laundrette”
Or is it “Bare Arse Mountain”….
I forget
I think my favourite was that musical by Pete Townsend… What was it now… Oh yes ‘coprophelia’. Eaton was splendid in those shoes.
I think your country was quite quaint back then. Do notice however, there aren’t many Muslims in the show and I shall be writing to Diane Abbott to complain about the unfairness and inequality in the programme.
The frocks were nice though, and the beards and sideburns oooooo.
Abu mate, glad you have watched it as I missed it.
Here is a question for you, as it was just before the war so therefore poppies didn’t exist, what did they burn to keep warm?
No Africans or rap singers either. So typical of life under the Tories.
I’m going to make a statement in the House and call David Cameron a liar again.
Oooooh you are so forceful would you like to shit in my mouth?
Sorry but I recycle all my shit to generate power for my electric toothbrush.
When prisoners get the vote, they will probably get to choose their own Police Commissioner at this rate.
Another f**king disaster for Dave.
Prisoners – and get to mete out their own punishments too – muzzo style
Yes, another staggering success for desperate Dave.
Bring the boys home from Affie like Pantsdown says and redeploy them to make a military coup.
Why do you think they are being laid off as fast as he can manage it?
I agree
With Prince H as Great Leader
(preferably with his trousers UP this time)
If Prescott loses it will be £100m well spent
Here comes Fatty with his sack o’ shit…
My John will win as it is our Labour heartland.
We will be feeding on pork pies and fish and chips at public expense for the next 3 years – we are magnificent royalty and the police will obey our every whim.
There are reports that one polling station in Newport reutrned an empty ballot box because nobody had voted!
So who won?
We did
Oh no you didn’t.
Same happened all over China
1054: Wayne David Labour MP for Caerphilly
tweets: In Caerphilly there were 2.5% of votes spoilt. Many people were deliberately spoiling their ballot paper. This election has been shambolic.
No Monster Raving Loony Party at Corby.
Good wishes for a return to good health for Lord Toby Jug’s family.
I know (well at least I think I do) the idea of the “Big Society” was the basic premise to have a smaller state, and a bigger society. How does putting more layers of political influence/interference into state institutions fit in with this, exactly?
Big Society was a cynical pile of shit invented by the vacuous Cameron, and it got what it deserved.
Big Society is a concept which expects people to volunteer their time and services for free. Failed politicians not included. Hence the need for an extra layer of expensive (read troughing) public funded, high ranking busy bodies..
‘The Big Society’ = ‘The Great Society’. Google it.
when the global looters leave us empty handed then we are going to grieve.
big society or small society.
we will need each other,
It did have some ballot papers in it but the Taff c’unts ate them.
The people have spoken
Not even the candidates voted for themselves then? That IS bad.
Layabout Liebor edukashun did not teach how to use the X.
106% of them for Obama
Just the kind of mandate Cameroon was talking about!
I have considered my position and have decided to set up a committee.
Have you got a space for me? In the interests of racial harmony.
Why not? The more the merrier.
If I was Home Secertary, Q
…….Qatada would be in Jordan now. Signed Yvette feigning sincerety Cooper.
If we had just put him on a plane to Jordan, would there be protests on the streets?
I doubt it.
Just do it, Cameron, it might win you a heap of votes.
Either lock him up or f*** him off Cameron!
I demand a judge led inquiry
You should be demanding plastic surgery
He should be demanding brain surgery
He should be demanding a brain.
Is it on Philip Shofields list?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20357131
What is the Welsh for waste of time?
Swansea?
Oi !!
Any jobs?
Gwastraff amser. Literally “waste time” as there’s no word for “of” in Welsh (the English c’unts stole it).
Actually, they just stole the ‘f’.
(It’s ‘o’. As in ‘Gwastraff o amser’.)
-uck o–
Fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod
Mon aéroglisseur est plein d’anguilles.
navis volitans mea anguillis plena est
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm
For non Welsh speakers (i.e. nearly everyone), that translates as “the Dynarod man just shat on my lawn”.
Took the words right out of my mouth
The Welsh Assembly Government.
Re: Dearden’s remarks concerning what was seen written on a ballot paper. Unless the law was changed, I understand it contravenes the official secrets act. Maybe you could check this Guido?
Strange that the BBC haven’t mentioned the low turnout for Manchester Central. Now why would that be?
Susanne Reid on BBC Breakfast was so anti tory this morning. She was talking to Damian Green about the conservative win in Wiltshire. She threw one arm up and said “a conservative won” in a derogatory tone. The BBC lefties just can’t help themselves. I think she is missing her cushy London lifestyle.
Susanne, just think yourself lucky you have such a high paid job, it’s not hard reading auto-que for a living you know.
You are so right, and Salford is such a shitty place
But you try waking up in fucking Salford every weekday morning. Roll on the weekend and London.
Do you think the beeboids
(a) live in Salford
(b) live in Alderley Edge and get to claim a taxi fare into work every day
No, they still live in London and claim for airfare. Only fair.
Wish I’d not been such a snob and left brekkie, I do so much miss my humorous moments with Bill on the sofa.
You don’t think I wake up on the early morning flight up to Salford do you?
How ghastly that would be – being awake on a plane to Manchester with common people!
It’s Susanna and it’s autocue.
Funnily enough, I was watching her today and thought that she must need specs. She had an awful time trying to read her lines and fluffed a few times.
(Don’t, please post about her skills at fluffing)
I was too busy trying to get a glimpse of her snatch that I never heard a word she said
When the people no longer vote in a democracy,
It is time to wind up democracy with one million elastic bands
As you do Mr Gouido….
I might add, when the State broadcaster only lies and defames,
It is time to wind up the state broadcaster with…(you know the rest)…
Tannnk you for your attention
I must now get on with taking over the Western world…
The key phrase there is ‘in a democracy’.
We don’t like elastic bands.
I don’t vote for bellends.
That isn;t the same as apathy
Dave — got a rocket left over from 5th. Nov.? — then stick it up your arse and light the blue touchpaper — and feck off into the black hole with Brown.
Approx. 85% of the electorate are totally pissed off with you and all your corrupt Westminster associates.
And even some of the 15% who turned up to vote think you are crap too.
Did we win?
Get your own moniker
Democracy won…
God bless her cotton socks…
Yes it brings a tear to my glass eye
Looks like it’s going to be a landslide for the Abstention party. Unfortunately no matter how well they do in the vote they never seem to get representation. Call this a bloody democracy?
What proportion of the votes cast were deliberately spoiled ballot papers? Mine included.
Me too. Me too!
2.5% in Caerphilly.
I learn about places I had never heard of on this blog
They are mostly unpronouncable as well
Oh well, I suppose they are still shagging sheep there to keep themselves amused…
It’s not a place, it’s a cheese, silly.
Indeed – and they have to do it extremely carefilly too..
I soiled my ballot paper
Goes with your soiled reputation
The polling station was probably the closest you have been to westminster in a month you good for nothing lazy sponging mong.
Weekend central London rooms to let. Not suitable for those who are sensitive to Bongs
So we have another chic lite
Ex bag-carrier for Empty Ed?
She must be quite an addition to our national debate…
2 labour MPs resigned, so they could stand in the PCC election.
Whats the total cost of these two by-elections?
Send the fucking bill to fucking Wallace and his party of fucking monging Hunhes.
They are no better than that dull selfish tramp Mensch
Cost of PPC elections: 100m quid
Another omnishambles: Priceless.
Surely even you lot don’t want another two and a half years of this.
It started in America
I wonder if the Great Coalition of All the Talents will be able to do anything that does not become an immediate OmniShables in their dying days…
The results speak for themselves, no real choice in this country, it’s the EU omnishambles, AGW, the science is settled’ fuckwittery and gay marriages for all.
So the problem is not enough parties to the right of the tories?
It’s a theory I suppose.
£100m
Loose change my friend. Loose change.
Yes, bring back Labour to finish the goatfuck they started.
It gives me heart to think there are morons around that think Labour could do a better job.
Jimmy is that the cost of the election or does it include the fat salaries?
YEEEESSSSSSSS
1116:
At the Corby by-election count, BBC political correspondent Robin Brant says early stacks show Labour leading the Tories by more than two to one.
3 votes? Not much of a turnout.
The people of Corby aren’t going to be conned again…
Let us have a vote on q u e e r marriages
We are quite sure 1% of the population will vote (us)
” Post is late this morning dear”
We can’t deliver to ‘ hiding under the bed ‘
All 88% of the Silent Majority have spoken wih one slent voice. They will not be heard.
If only PCCs stood for paedophile-catching coppers.
Everyone forgets now that McScalpine has got his BBC bonus that no perpetrators to do with North Wales have been apprehended, as such.
Joni the Grand McAlpine Tweetathon to dislodge the £185,000 from his Lordship’s untainted hands and donate it to Children in Need..
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/lord-mcalpine-time-for-a-generous-gesture/
OK, as long as we can take our percentage.
If the turnout at a parliamentary election is less than 30% they should declare a null result and the constituency woud have no MP until next time.
Good idea.
Well, it looks like the nation decided
The LibLabCons had to be derided
And a bloody good job the folks made of it
Reckon Parliament will take the hint and quit?
You are Rupert Bear and I want your boots.
Mrs Q off to Harrods to choose new curtains this afternoon , I’m favouring the ones like in Downton Abbey.
Will be writing to Diane Abbott again to complain about not being allowed to go along. Suppose I’ll just nip down the Mosque and get the brothers warmed up.
Looking forward the new house though.
Is the taxpayer giving you a new set of wheels, Abu? A Range Rover Evoque (armour plated, with tinted windows) would suit you nicely.
with a big fucking bulls eye target on top.
I do wonder what will happen when some “patriot” decides to take somebody like Qatada out. As the Islamic minority continues to sit centre stage (I bet to the displeasure of many of them who are good people and want a quiet life) it can be only a matter of time. Frightening stuff.
Stan? Does your name start with Stan? Or end innit.
Why is Corby taking so long?
Can’t they count up there?
Yeah, seeing as how only about twelve or so will bother to vote.
Is there censorship here?
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Yes. Next question.
That’s why she’s not answering my letters. This woman has no shame, taking taxpayers money like that. I demand an even bigger house and a nice box of custard creams.
How much does Diane claim for food, and not just tea and biscuits!
Wasteful, Diane? You mean not enough calories to the pound.
Set a good example for us, Diane old gal. Give them up altogether– or bring them from home (and don’t claim them on expenses, FFS!) Whatever you do, don’t leave them in Liz Kendall’s fridge (but you know all about that, don’t you?). You might want to get Pickles to sign on as well and make this non-partisan.
F***ing hell! I hope the London radio station concerned has got their biscuit barrel under lock and key, before Slabbutt turns up!
Auntie in disarray: check this out:
http://fxbites.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aunties-prawn-crackers.html
We’re worried that our profile seems to be getting a little too much prominence this morning in the Mail. Please, all our supporters, remember we win via apathy and subtle behind the scenes moves, not by headlines in newspapers.
Sssssssh! Don’t give the game away. Chatham Rules and all that.
That’s CHATHAM HOUSE rules, dingbat. Chatham rules mean that you get your head kicked in if my benefits are delayed again.
The trouble with apathy is – Oh I can’ be arsed.
Heh-heh, that’s a good’un, Sunny Jim, but that ain’t the way I heard it; the way I heard it goes like:
“They say the two biggest problems in society today are ignorance and apathy.
Well, I don’t really know, nor do I give a toss.”
I thought Guido is a christian? Forget the arabs, what about the christians who suffer?
I read a comment from someone who worked in one polling station, he said 3% of their register voted in the police elections (not including postal votes).
I bet the response will be “We didn’t get our message accross” rather than “We are all a bunch of meddling b@stards and the public don’t trust us”
Nadine Dorris distracts with her more important election
Politics at its lowest ebb in modern times,whos to blame? The political class corrupt,self serving and totally out of tune with the electorate as Livingstone once said if voting made a difference they would ban it the only time ive ever agreed with Citezen Ken
“CitIzen” mon brave.
Typo error really p….. Off
pfft.
I didn’t realise there were a couple of by-elections too.
Let’s hope UKIP win in Corby.
They should have started this thing in London: Walthamstow High St ward had a 125% turnout at the last election, which would have set a good example.
When I turned up to spoil my ballot paper yesterday I found that it asked for a first and a secomd choice.
So well publicised was this election that mobody bothered to inform us that had changed the voting system too!
What’s next – rigged postal voting?
Northumbria goes completely tonto. Vera Baird elected as Police Commissioner.
Scary!
What do you expect from the North East ? if they put up a monkey,and they have a few,they would vote Labour.
unlike Sir Dimwit of Whitney who has to ask for help signing the voting paper for some eton educated tory twat he’s never heard of
Aren’t all these low turnouts, reflecting the Public mistrust and disgust with the political whore class and the corrupt hangers on, just what they want? Apathy is great news, the Public stays away and they stay in power.Snouts in trough, nothing changes.
By the way, just how low does a vote for a ‘winning’ candidate have to be before Cameroon will not call it a ‘mandate’?
Well it’s Pissed Off Politics innit?
As low as 3%? I understand there was one polling station for the PCC stupidity where the turnout was zero, and that was voters, not percentages. I’m not sure where it was but the people there are obviously too intelligent to fall for a pathetic political gimmick.
Here’s the REAL story! Batman fares strongly in Bristol! http://www.bristolvantage.com/2012/11/16/batman-comes-5th-in-bristol-police-elections/