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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Turnout inequality in UK elections close to tipping point, report warns

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The IPPR called for bolder measures including a new civic duty for citizens to staff polling stations. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

UK elections are “close to a tipping point” where they lose legitimacy because of plummeting voter turnout among renters and non-graduates, an influential thinktank has said.

Analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that the gap in turnout between those with and without university degrees grew to 11 percentage points in the 2024 general election – double that of 2019.

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