Blackpool Claremont, some analysis Headline: October 2026 turnout, a pathetic 22%! But the turnout was up 3% from 19% from May 2023 An extra 190 eligible voters in the area since 2023 (wonder where they came from!) Quick Conclusion 80% of the people who live there did not bother voting for Reform or Restore Neither party stood candidates in May 2023 October 2026 Left voters 🥀🍌🤮 about 510 Centre voters 🩵💙 481 Right voters 🇬🇧 79 May 2023 Left voters 🥀🍌🤮 about 680 Centre voters 💙 about 220 Right 🇬🇧: 0 voters Analysis Heavily leftist seat where hardly anyone bothers to vote, sees political wind blowing from left to centre Reform have had zero success increasing the turnout or giving the locals anything worth bothering to come out and vote for, so they stayed at home Speculative correlation between the left vote decline, about 200 votes down and the centre vote gain, about 200 votes up Restore collected 80 right thinking votes Actual problem, Claremont does not care about local politics, it is heavily left leaning The Reform centre ground manifesto is not delivering them enough voters locally from the left or from the non voting pool The right thinking vote is very small in this ward, probably explained by socialist demographic May 2024 GE results Blackpool South Left voters 🥀🍌🤮 about 54% Centre voters 🩵💙 about 46% Right voters 🇬🇧 almost none GE total turnout 46% not good, but more than double the local election turnout percentage