Elections 2

One of the interesting things that came out in my last interview in Hackney was the fact that a few votes, and by a few I mean dozens, can have a dramatic effect on the results. This is becuse turnout is generally so low. So all these 'dramatic' figures about the results can not be analysed until we know what the turn out was.

Overall, the percentage of votes seems to have stayed pretty much as it was at the last council elections so not much has changed. Where does that leave Labour and the Conservatives? In an interesting battle over the next general election I reckon. Hopefully a close contest (we'll have to see if it will be a good one) will help concentrate minds on the issues this countty faces and help to drive turn out up.