UK set to continue low turnout trend for EU vote

With the results of the UK European elections not due until late Sunday, and no exit polls permitted on Thursday (22 May), the day of the vote itself, there will no doubt be a great deal of speculation in the interim.

But one aspect of the vote which is becoming clearer is the turnout, which, as it stands, could well be higher than the 34.7 percent who voted in 2009, but is unlikely to exceed the UK EU elections high of 38.4 percent in 2004.

Turnout predictions during Thursday wer...