'What's the point?': The town with the lowest turnout in Wales

The Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency recorded the lowest turnout in Wales at the 2019 general election, with just 57.25% of people voting. So we went to the streets of Merthyr Tydfil and asked locals, “Are you going to vote?”

Most people we spoke to said they would be. Brandon Lee Jeffs, 25, said: "Yes. It's important to vote just because we are currently in one of the worst financial times we've ever been in and everyone should use their voice to try and change that. It doesn't matter who you vote for, as long as you're going out and voting, it means that you're actually getting something done and actually trying to make a change.”

Helen Davies, 53, a charity shop manager in the town, said, “Yes. I think it's important to vote. Whether it gets you anywhere in the end, I think it is important for everyone who has the vote to vote.”

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Retired Electrical Engineer, Glenn White, 69, said “Yes, I’m going to vote. I think it's a privilege to be able to vote. So yeah, I think everyone should get out there and, and you say vote for whoever they want to. I think it's very important.”

However, why was it that Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney had the lowest voter turnout in Wales? According to people we spoke to on the street, it was a mix of disillusionment and complacency.

Brandon Lee Jeffs said: “Honestly, I think people didn't vote because, the way I see it at least, there isn’t anyone to vote for. With the way, the PMQs are going and with the way, they were going back in the last election as well, it just seemed like most of the politicians who were talking didn't have what we as working people wanted to have in mind. It just felt like there's no reason to vote for any of the people, who were running for running for election.”

Whereas, Steve O’Sullivan, 69, a factory worker, said: “Because they're complacent, I think. In Merthyr, whoever’s running for Labour, Labour will always get in, and people will think, ‘well, what's the point in going to vote when Labour is going to get in?’” Watch the video in full above.