Today is the first time this year that we shall have the opportunity to see how the mood of the public is weighed up against the backdrop of local elections across the country. As the emergency services tried to prevent the usual morning mayhem of Mayday revellers plunging from Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, political parties across Oxfordshire were preparing for the polls.
In Oxfordshire, we have Oxford City elections, district elections in Cherwell and West Oxfordshire and a County by-election being fought in the division of Kidlington and Yarnton due to the resignation of the Conservative councillor.
It is usually a poor turnout in local elections as we have recently seen in the by-election for Grove and Wantage. It would be good to try and tackle voter apathy, but so long as people don't see anything happening in their area to make them think otherwise, why should they bother to vote?
We have a democratic process in this country we should be proud of, seeing what is happening in Zimbabwe at the moment is a disgrace. We have our rights and we should use them. We have a say who represents us locally and we should use our vote in the ballot box.
We shall see the results tomorrow; it shouldn't be mayhem I hope - but it could be a warning shot to the government perhaps?
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