Residents in Orchard Park, Hull, explain what is needed to improve voter turnout in May.
Jo, who has worked here 12 years, tells of what she sees as a widening gap between those who walk the corridors of power and ordinary people.
Jo also points out, for many people, putting a meal on the table will be the priority on 4 May, not casting a vote.Opposite the centre is a parade of shops. I try to engage a shop manager in conversation about the election.Charlotte Lawler, 27, pushing a pram, tells me she may vote, depending on how her children are on the day.
I ask her what she thinks is needed to reverse the apathy. "We need more local people, people who have lived here their whole lives, to stand for election," she suggests. "People who really understand what we are all going through.""You don't go into it much at school," says Charlotte. "You just get thrown into it [politics] when you're 18."Even those who fully intend to vote appear pessimistic.
I ask him what he means. "There are problems with crime here and no-one does anything about it," he replies."I could show pictures of the candidates to my siblings and they wouldn't know who any of them were," he says.Paula Botterill, 56, shopping on her mobility scooter, has lived on the estate for 40 years. She says she has always voted and will return to the polling station in a few weeks' time.She understands, though, why many choose not to use their vote.
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