Perth and Kinross election count gets underway
Thousands of residents headed to the polls yesterday to vote for the region’s next Scottish Parliament representatives
Polling stations were busy yesterday
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Thousands of residents across Perth and Kinross headed to the polls yesterday to elect the region’s next Scottish Parliament representatives.
A KEY election battleground, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is the most marginal SNP-held constituency in Scotland. The seat has been in the hands of the Nationalists since its creation in 2011 – as was its predecessor, the old Holyrood constituency of Perth. But before devolution, this was historically a Conservative area. And while the SNP s Roseanna Cunningham enjoyed a healthy majority of 7,166 in 2011, the Tories slashed this to just 1,422 at the last Holyrood election. Ms Cunningham, a former MP, is now standing down, and Tory leader Douglas Ross has the constituency firmly in his sights. While a good chunk of the electorate lives in the city of Perth, this is a seat where farming and rural issues play an important role.
The areas of Hull where hardly anyone votes in local elections
Eight Hull City Council wards had turnouts of less than 20 per cent in the last local elections in 2019
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Marfleet ward has one of the lowest election turnouts in England. (Image: Hull Live)
Low voter turnout tends to be feature of local elections, and polls for Hull City Council have historically been no exception.
The proportion of registered voters who turned out to vote in the last Hull City Council elections in 2019 was 22.6 per cent.
In contrast, turnout in the city s three parliamentary constituencies of Hull North, Hull West and Hessle and Hull East averaged around 51 per cent in the 2019 general election.
Election Hub Live: LGBT+ issues and Willie Rennie tries karate
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Today on Election Hub Live we spoke to Jamie Greene, founder of Holyrood’s cross-party LGBT+ group, and enjoyed watching Willie Rennie try karate.
Topping the headlines today was a 66-year-old man being charged after allegedly threatening SNP candidate for Aberdeenshire West Fergus Mutch.
We also saw Willie Rennie trying out karate and talking about vaccine passports, and heard how poverty campaigners are calling for politicians to do more in this area.
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