Government changes to
the voter registration process have resulted in 39,787 people disappearing from
Manchester’s electoral roll in the last 12 months.
In Hulme, comparing
figures from March 2014 and March 2015, the number of voters in Hulme has
dropped by 3442, a decrease of 26%.
The change to the
registration system has disproportionately affected young people, students,
private renters and people from minority ethnic backgrounds.
A closer look at the
figures revealed that although the average fall in voter numbers is 13% in 4 of
the 5 districts of Hulme, in the 5th area which has a high
student population, that fall is...
