A record number of people registered to vote on the final day applications were open, with a huge last-minute spike taking the number of people who registered on Tuesday to 659,666.
The previous record for a single day was ahead of the 2017 general election, when 622,398 registered.
Before the final deadline at midnight on 26 November, there had been well over 3 million applications to register since the general election was called in October.
The figure is around 40 per cent higher than the 2.3 million applications to register in a similar period in the 2017 election, and the Electoral Reform Society said on Tuesday that of the applications made since October, 67 per cent were made by people aged 34 or under – a figure which is generally seen to be beneficial to Labour.
(Source: Independent)
The previous record for a single day was ahead of the 2017 general election, when 622,398 registered.
Before the final deadline at midnight on 26 November, there had been well over 3 million applications to register since the general election was called in October.
The figure is around 40 per cent higher than the 2.3 million applications to register in a similar period in the 2017 election, and the Electoral Reform Society said on Tuesday that of the applications made since October, 67 per cent were made by people aged 34 or under – a figure which is generally seen to be beneficial to Labour.
(Source: Independent)
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