Elections 2012 – full results breakdown
A detailed breakdown of this year’s local election and mayoral referendum results is now available.
Local election and mayoral referendum results - DETAILED BREAKDOWN - 3 May 2012
Produced by Tony Smith (Birmingham City Council Policy Executive)
Produced by the Birmingham City Council elections office.
You obviously take more trouble than most Local Authorities with your results and maybe it’s my inability to search the site but :-
(1) I cannot find the electorates of each Ward
(2) There’s no mention of the number of rejected ballot papers
(3) Some authorities(not many) list the number of Postal Votes issued and the number returned
(4) Some authorities(not many) do a breakdown by polling districts.
It would be very interesting to election geeks like me if you could do this.
Stephen
Answers below:
(1) I cannot find the electorates of each Ward
We’ve made the information available here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3OX4ags5zyuVzFwcktrVnMyeUE
(2) There’s no mention of the number of rejected ballot papers
We don’t currently provide this but will take comment on board.
(3) Some authorities(not many) list the number of Postal Votes issued and the number returned
See: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3OX4ags5zyuMlRwZG4wZ1J3bFU
This is 2011 AND 2012 and offers a comparison between the council election and AV referendum for 2011 and between the council election and mayoral referendum for 2012.
Some wards had more than one ballot box with postal votes, which explains why there are multiple entries for some wards.
(4) Some authorities(not many) do a breakdown by polling districts.
It would be very interesting to election geeks like me if you could do this.
We did this once many years ago as a research project into voting patterns, but this pre-dates the newsroom. Again we welcome your feedback and will take it on board.