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2a years and was a passionate advocate for southend west. sir david was a truly exceptional mp. well, earlier i spoke to chris curtis, head of political polling at 0pinium. he explained why turnout was so low. i imagine there's lots of reasons. firstly, turnout is often lower in by—elections, we have seen that historically in this parliament, people are just less driven to turn out than they are in normal elections. secondly, because of the circumstances of this election, if you were a labour voter in that seat, you have not got anybody to vote for so you are probably better off staying at h...

The southend west by—election, trigged by the fatal stabbing of the tory mp sir david amess. anna firth got a majority of more than 12,000. the seat was not contested by labour, the liberal democrats or the green party. just 24% of the electorate voted, making it one of the worst turnouts for a by—election since the second world war. let's talk now to chris curtis, head of political polling at 0pinium. welcome to the programme, why was the turnout so low?— the turnout so low? firstly, turnout is often lower— the turnout so low? firstly, turnout is often lower with _ the turnout so low?...