Source: British Election Study, 2024 (N=5,783)
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| I forgot | I was not interested | I was too busy | I didn't like any of the choices | I was not registered to vote | I didn't have the correct photographic identification | I was away at the time | I was unwell / I have a disability that made it impossible to vote | I couldn't get to the polling station/vote by post | The weather was too bad to go and vote | The queue to vote was too long | I was not allowed to vote at the polls, even though I tried | I requested but did not receive a postal ballot | I requested but could not vote by proxy | I did not know where to vote | I did not feel I knew enough about the choices | Other | Prefer not to say | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 91 | 1.6 | 1,429 | 24.7 | 381 | 6.6 | 986 | 17.1 | 315 | 5.4 | 189 | 3.3 | 427 | 7.4 | 237 | 4.1 | 99 | 1.7 | 8 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.4 | 74 | 1.3 | 111 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.4 | 444 | 7.7 | 755 | 13.1 | 177 | 3.1 | 5,783 | 100 |