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This chart presents the percentage of people who voted in UK for parliamentary elections in the year 2001 compared with people who voted in 1983, taking into consideration the age of them. As shown in the chart, overall in 1983 there were more people who voted than in 2001. In 1983, it was a high turnout, the percentage of people who voted went from 75% until almost 90% depending on people’s age. However in the year 2001, the percentage of people who voted was lower especially between the young people who had a turnout of only 53%, this percentage went rising little by little when people get older, even reaching a turnout of 85% for pensioners. In 2001, the turnout of people between 18 and 24 years old dropped drastically with 22% fewer people who voted than in 1983. Moreover, this dip is repeated in ages betwen 25 and 34. But in the following ages the difference became smaller. Pensioners are the only ones who had increased their turnout in 2001. To sum up, the year 2001 suffered an important decrease in the percentage of people who voted in UK for parliament.
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