Less than one fifth of the electorate voted in the Police & Crime Commissioner election

LESS than a fifth of those eligible to vote in the Swindon and Wiltshire Police & Crime Commissioner elections turned out for election. 

It was confirmed by the returning officer for Wiltshire that 16.63 per cent of the Swindon and Wiltshire electorate voted in the PCC elections.

In Wiltshire 29,464 people voted at one of the over 300 polling stations across the county, and 36,333 voted by post.

This means that 65,797 people out of an electorate of 384,937 voted (17.09 per cent).

As for Swindon, 9,560 people voted in in-person with 16,196 choosing to post their ballots in.

In total 25,756 people of an electorate of 165,527 cast their vote — a turnout for the borough of 15.56 per cent.

By local democracy reporter Matthew McLaughlin