General Elections: Weather

(asked on 29th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has modelled the effect of winter weather on predicted General Election turnout.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 4th November 2019

Whilst there is a common perception that bad weather affects voter turnout, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Strathclyde say that there is no evidence from the UK to suggest that bad weather stops people from voting.

Cabinet Office works with Returning Officers, the Electoral Commission, the Civil Contingencies Secretariat and other organisations to mitigate risks to the effective administration of the election.

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