Turnout at recent UK general elections was:
- at the 1 May 1997 general election: 71.4%
- at the 7 June 2001 general election: 59.54%
- at the 5 May 2005 general election: 61.4%
- at the 6 May 2010 general election: 65.1%
MORI estimates of registered young people (aged 18-24) who voted are 39% at the 2001 general election and 37% at the 2005 UK general election. Exact figures are not available because information about the identity of voters is kept secret.
For more information on turnout please refer to our factsheet Turnout.
