SNTF: Municipal Election Voter Turnout
Another of the hard data tables which provides a snapshot of the current health of London’s neighbourhoods.
This table shows the % of Eligible Voters who Voted in Municipal Election, something that we believe contributes to 2 of the 14 elements that have been identified by the Resident Task Force as being important for a strong neighbourhood:
- have people that are active (participate in their neighbourhood)
- have people that are empowered (are engaged and know how to effect change and are supported by City government)
17 neighbourhoods are below the city average of 40% and 12 neighbourhoods are above it.
| Stoneybrook | 53 |
| Oakridge | 52 |
| Riverbend | 49 |
| Byron | 48 |
| Lambeth | 48 |
| Uplands | 47 |
| Hyde Park | 44 |
| Fanshawe | 42 |
| Sunningdale | 42 |
| Jackson | 41 |
| North London | 41 |
| Talbot | 41 |
| Highland | 40 |
| Westmount | 40 |
| South London | 39 |
| Southcrest | 39 |
| Hamilton Road | 38 |
| Stoney Creek | 38 |
| Westminister | 38 |
| West London | 37 |
| Huron Heights | 36 |
| Carling | 35 |
| Glen Cairn | 35 |
| Masonville | 35 |
| Medway | 35 |
| East London | 34 |
| White Oaks | 33 |
| Argyle | 32 |
| Central | 30 |
| Fox Hollow |
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Do you have a map showing where each of these neighbourhoods is. I know most of them but want some clarification. Thanks
You can find one HERE. And down in the bottom RH corner of that page there’s a link to a City Map version that you can enlarge.
Thanks Greg!
Interesting to see where voter turnout is low and kind of alarming and frustrating. A few Tweeters should have a look at this to see that I’m not just blowing smoke (in backrooms) when I suggest that youth and tenants unfortunately don’t vote. Though I’m only going from assumption and not a deep study of the demographics of each neighbourhood (which are all quite diverse by London standards.)
Central London is the lowest (not a very good sign at all) South London not much higher and still below the City average. The neighbourhoods above the average are the wealthy suburban neighbourhoods. One might argue that this is because there’s no one to vote for but from my scant knowledge of the last election, I don’t think that’s really the case either. Councillor Bryant had some stiff competition and yet her ward had very low turnout – no doubt lots of students play a role here.
Anyway. Thanks for the link!
Although I found the data tables to be extremely helpful, some care has to be taken with them. With respect to voter turnout, I made the point to the task force that some neighbourhoods have “pockets” that can be quite different from the rest. There are some polls in Ward 1 where the turnout was in single digits, and to me, that’s a cry for help. It tells me that there’s something seriously wrong that demands more attention than what’s being done more generally on a neighbourhood-wide basis.