Police vote turnout fears realised

In Wiltshire, the only area due to declare a result overnight, it was reported that barely one in seven electors had made it to the booths in Swindon.

[supersonic boom]

15% they're saying on the BBC at the moment.

Another unwanted folly. No one knew what they were voting for according to the vote officials I spoke to at thje polling station.

[the real Blunt Mocker]

yes, where I live not a single candidate even put a notice through my letterbox. I had no idea what they stood for. In the end I found out which one was not anti-gun and voted for him. At least I didn't have the choice of voting for Prescott. For all I know they are all raving nutters.

[red red red]

What, who, where, when..

[leah]

the real Blunt Mocker wrote:

yes, where I live not a single candidate even put a notice through my letterbox. I had no idea what they stood for. In the end I found out which one was not anti-gun and voted for him. At least I didn't have the choice of voting for Prescott. For all I know they are all raving nutters.

I live in the East Riding of Yorkshire... i had one leaflet promoting a local Tory and no others.
I wouldn't have bothered voting as it's just another layer of bureaucracy for the tax payer to fund.
But i didn't want Prescott getting the job so i tactically voted for an Independent first and second choice instead!

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leah wrote:

<quoted text> I live in the East Riding of Yorkshire... i had one leaflet promoting a local Tory and no others.
I wouldn't have bothered voting as it's just another layer of bureaucracy for the tax payer to fund.
But i didn't want Prescott getting the job so i tactically voted for an Independent first and second choice instead!

I went for an independent too as my first vote, but didn't bother with a second vote.
My missus and daughter went for both independents.

[Lou]

No details of about anyone to vote for, no details through the door except the polling papers, maybe there wasn't anyone to vote for - how do I know - I couldn't call it informed choice so I didn't vote

[rio]

This is when democracy fails.
People don't know what they vote for or don't use their rights.
Really, there wasn't much information going around.

Just wondering how it work in some countries (US? Switzerland?), where not only police chiefs, but judges and prosecutors are elected. Is their public apathic too?

[leah]

supersonic boom wrote:

<quoted text>
I went for an independent too as my first vote, but didn't bother with a second vote.
My missus and daughter went for both independents.

What were the results in your ward/area?
Did the independents win?

Prescott lost on second preference votes to a Tory - who incidentally, was the only person to letterbox his manifesto.
Pity it wasn't an independent, but at least Prescott didn't get his nose in the taxpayers trough again!

Voter apathy was the main winner of the day it appears.

[supersonic boom]

I won't say what county I'm in, but yes it was independents that won.

[Krypteia]

How the hell Labour politicians can keep a straight face when it comes to that jubba Prescott,how can anyone take a baboon like that seriously anyway.
Didn't get one leaflet through my letterbox so didn't bother,unfortunately most are out of touch muppets anyway,wish we could go back thirty years onwards where the police looked like police and done police work...

[the real Blunt Mocker]

I don't know who won in my area yet, but I voted independent.

[leah]

supersonic boom wrote:

I won't say what county I'm in, but yes it was independents that won.

Good!

[the real Blunt Mocker]

I am surprised that Lord Archer didn't stand, or Jonathan Aitken. and speaking of these eminent worthies, where is our Ronan? I am sure he is a big supporter of Sir James Savile, OBE, NONCE, and papal knight.

[the real Blunt Mocker]

Independent won in Gwent, the one I voted for, he is an ex-copper.

[Jack_Skellington]

I didn't vote.

I had to go out of my way to find out about the candidates online, and when I did, not one looked like anything but a slimy career politician.

If I thought just one of them was in it out of conviction, and actually wanted to make a positive difference, I'd have voted for him, but I didn't, so I didn't.

[rio]

To be credible to the public, I think the candidates to these PCC jobs should have a background in some form of law enforcement, I think.
Police officers, lawyers, judge, prison officers, etc...
Otherwise, it's going to be another post likely to be filled by inept politicians.

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rio wrote:

To be credible to the public, I think the candidates to these PCC jobs should have a background in some form of law enforcement, I think.
Police officers, lawyers, judge, prison officers, etc...
Otherwise, it's going to be another post likely to be filled by inept politicians.

Hence the big vote for the independents in some areas.
The PCC position is just another government 'jobs for the boys' initiative.

[the real Blunt Mocker]

seeing Prescott's face when he heard the results was a great treat for me. he looked like a bulldog chewing a wasp! and to rub it in a Tory beat him in his own area.

[rio]

Some blokes never know when the time has come for them to fade away; Frescott is one of them.
The man is so thick!

[supersonic boom]

the real Blunt Mocker wrote:

he looked like a bulldog chewing a wasp!.

Yes, but what was his expression when he heard he was beaten?