Most people don't vote in local elections. Last year, fewer than one in four residents who were registered to vote in Manchester - which had the lowest turnout in Greater Manchester - actually voted in the local council contest.
But one place in particular has had consistently low turnouts at local elections in recent years. In Fallowfield, just 15.22 pc of the electorate voted last May, making it the council ward with the lowest turnout in Greater Manchester.
The south Manchester suburb which is home to thousands of students has topped the list for the lowest proportion of voters in the city for several years. But putting this trend down to students alone does not paint the full picture.
