Super Thursday Election Special

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Anyone else been and voted yet?

Coverage of:

Local Councils
Welsh Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
Scottish Parliament
Police Crime and Comminsioners
London Mayoral elections
London Assembly
Mayors in Bristol, Salford and Liverpool
Two Westminster by-elections

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I only have the option of voting for my Police Crime Commissioner and I won't be voting as the vote is an utter sham. Hopefully the turn out for this particular vote will be in single percentage figures.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Going to vote in local mayoral elections soon.
Zack Goldsmith

 

[Bozza]

I genuinely had no idea there were elections today until I woke up, picked up my phone and opened the BBC news app.

This is probably a symptom of the football craziness right now.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Too busy celebrating Europe Day.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Aye, placed my 4 votes this morning. I have NOT voted for the never-seen-one Bollywood fanatic.

 

[LlcoolJ]

I genuinely had no idea there were elections today until I woke up, picked up my phone and opened the BBC news app.

Shouldn't you be using the Sky News app? It's clearly unfair on commercial providers that the BBC uses the way it's funded to produce mobile news applications for phones and tablets.

 

[sparkie]

Who will be my new police commissioner ?

Wow. Can't wait to find out.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Who will be my new police commissioner ?

Wow. Can't wait to find out.

We get a new one every week in South Yorkshire.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

We get a new one every week in South Yorkshire.

Strictly speaking you're talking about a new Acting Chief Constable rather than a PCC.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Strictly speaking you're talking about a new Acting Chief Constable rather than a PCC.

I know but that would have spoiled the gag. [emoji35]

 

[Steve in Japan]

I know but that would have spoiled the gag. [emoji35]

To be fair the South Yorks debacle has highlighted the role of the PCC, in that they have the power to suspend a Chief Constable - which I genuinely didn't know..

 

[LlcoolJ]

To be fair the South Yorks debacle has highlighted the role of the PCC, in that they have the power to suspend a Chief Constable - which I genuinely didn't know..

Jesus wept, it's completely ruined now!

[emoji6]

 

[Steve in Japan]

Jesus wept, it's completely ruined now!

[emoji6]

sorry!

 

[Da Man Clay]

Will be going out and spoiling my paper in the PCC election after work.

 

[savanah]

paper spoilt for Sussex PCC election.If spoilt papers wins will they scrap the role?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Will be going out and spoiling my paper in the PCC election after work.

paper spoilt for Sussex PCC election.If spoilt papers wins will they scrap the role?

You'd have been better off not going at all as spoilt papers count towards the turnout.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I only have the option of voting for my Police Crime Commissioner and I won't be voting as the vote is an utter sham. Hopefully the turn out for this particular vote will be in single percentage figures.

Same. Shocking waste of taxpayers money. Almost guaranteed to be single figure turnout. Should never again be run as a standalone election, only as a minor sideshow nobody really cares about on local election day. Super Thursday my arse. Superfluous Thursday more like.

 

[severnside gull]

Popped down to our polling station. I was the only voter present and the staff said it had been desperately quiet.
To get there I had to drive past two other polling stations, one only a mile from home. However when, a few years ago, they closed our local polling station just 600 yards away, they relocated to a site some 3 miles distant on the very edge of the ward. With no bus services available anyone without a car is effectively disenfranchised. It has however turned a safe Labour ward into a Tory seat on the council on a turnover last time out of less than 15%. I suspect today will be even lower.

 

[happypig]

I only have the option of voting for my Police Crime Commissioner and I won't be voting as the vote is an utter sham. Hopefully the turn out for this particular vote will be in single percentage figures.

Same here, I'm making a conscious decision not to vote (which, to the casual observer, could be construed as not being arsed).