Marfleet residents and traders on the Hull City Council ward 'losing the will to vote' Residents and traders of Marfleet weighed in on why the ward is among the lowest for turnout in local elections 05:00, 25 APR 2021 (Image: Hull Live) Local elections in Hull and across the country on Thursday, May 6 are set to take place in unusual times. Voters will head to the polls against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, a health crisis on a scale not seen since the Spanish Flu outbreak more than a century ago. The pandemic will make it an election with a difference, but one constant theme which could return are low turnouts which persistently dog council polls.