The Greater Manchester area where people are so unbothered some don't even know the voting age
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEven with a biting wind whipping down Royton high street, shopkeepers are taking their lunch breaks outside, pensioners are milling about the park and parents with small kids are dodging between the shops on Market Square.
The weather won’t put them off. But the general election does. “Nah, I don’t care about all that, sorry,” one mum said, making a wide swerve towards the Boyes with her buggy. READ MORE: 'People are sick of having things done to them without having any say' Of the dozens of people the M.E.N.
stopped to ask about the upcoming vote in Royton town centre, most said they either ‘weren’t interested’ or ‘didn’t know if they’d vote’. “I don’t even know the voting age,” a nineteen-year-old from the area said. “I don’t really understand it all so I don’t want to get into it.” This could potentially be bad news for Labour in Oldham East, Chadderton and Royton.
The constituency has been a safe seat for the party since it was created in 1997. And while Labour’s Jim McMahon has represented the area in parliament for nearly a decade, growing apathy and interest in parties like Reform UK and Pro-Palestinian independents could eat into the party’s comfortable majority this year. “I’ve always been a Labour voter but I have no confidence in any of them at the present time,” 69-year-old Gordon said, pausing to talk to the M.E.N.
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