Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the reasons for the difference between the highest and the lowest voter turnout in a constituency in the 2015 General Election.

The Electoral Commission gathers detailed electoral data including information on turnout at most major set of elections. However, it does not analyse reasons for variable turnout across the country.

There is other research available, particularly the British Election Study for UK Parliamentary general elections, which does look at the reason for different turnout in different areas.