Today is the last day of voter registration......>

UK: Today is the last day of voter registration ahead of the election, with

Labour in particular advocating individuals sign up. The young are more likely

not to be registered than the old, and with Labour relying on a strong youth

turnout registration is key for denying the Conservatives a majority. 

- According to the Electoral Reform Society, a pressure group that pushes for

the introduction of proportional representation in the UK, 2.8mn individuals

have registered to vote since the election was called in early November. The

group states that in the comparable period of the 2017 election campaign the

figure was 1.7mn applications. 

- A large number of these have come from the under-35s age bracket, which in the

last election more than any other swung strongly behind the Labour party.

- There has been speculation that the UK's long-running Brexit saga could dampen

turnout due to voter fatigue, but this appears unlikely. Instead the intense

polarisation of the electorate between old and young, renters and homeowners,

social conservatives and social liberals, and most pertinently Remainers and

Leavers, could push turnout to its highest level since the early 1990s.