Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Local Election 2026
Final list of candidates now published (scroll down a bit for the links to each ward)
https://haringey.gov.uk/council-elections/elections-voting/local-el...
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Permalink Reply by Brian Mahoney
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So that would be Wherevanesia!
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It's a sign of a fragmented multi-cultural Borough/city. People from elsewhere will start to vote once they feel they have a stake in the community and want to shape it to suit their interests. Integration takes a couple of generations. That can go wrong though as witnessed by the increasing propensity for some immigrants to vote along ethnic or religious lines.
Other than education about local democracy in schools, I'm not sure what can be done to boost turnout. There might be lessons to be learned from the efforts to educate the 'hard to reach' sections of the 'community' dueing the Covid vaccination rollout. That would be worth looking at.
But, while I do think it's a shame that turnout is low, I wonder if it is a problem. If people self-select out of the process either through ignorance or apathy, it's their problem. It simply means that those who do vote enjoy an outsize level of influence over the result (ie. One vote in 500 has more influence than one in 1500).
Otherwise, we could reduce the franchise (that would boost the turnout percentage). Insert smiley face here.
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