# Local elections: Where will turnout be a challenge?

We reported that "fewer than one in five eligible voters in some parts of England previously chose anyone to represent them in local elections, raising fears of a democratic deficit."

• Read the story here, including a Find your election tool.
• Get the data here*
• Also available as a Google spreadsheet here*
• Source: The Electoral Commission
• Rob Radburn created an interactive visualisation using this data, a screenshot for which is shown below

Note: in row 1620 of the the original Electoral Commission voter turnout spreadsheet a number (42147) is given instead of a ward name. In the results for the council elections on 7 May 2015 its LA code is E05008935, the code for Anston and Woodsetts. (Thanks to Rod Radburn for highlighting this)