344% increase in illegal migrants in counties cancelling local elections
It is reported that 12 county councils plan to cancel elections this May. Those that intend to do so have seen a 344% increase in illegal migrants since the last time voters went to the polls in 2021.
After each nescient decision taken by politicians - whether at a national or local level - one has to wonder whether they really care about the concerns of voters. This disconnect is perhaps most acute on the issue of illegal migration, and the fact that tens of thousands of individuals who broke into Britain and are now being housed, fed, and entertained at the taxpayers’ expense.
Do politicians really understand the white-hot anger that people feel as they see thousands of undocumented males, who have undermined our country’s borders, be housed in luxury accommodation? Economic chancers are put up in 16th century manor houses, which once hosted Charles II, all the while thousands of Brits - including 4,000 veterans - are forced to spend the night on the street.
Can politicians understand the sense of injustice that millions feel as illegal migrants enjoy bed and board in heated hotels, all the while this country’s pensioners are stripped of their winter fuel allowance?
Can they emphasise with the concerns of women and girls, walking home at night, who are forced to navigate dark street corners littered with unvetted males about whom the state knows next to nothing?
The sheer scale of the crisis would suggest they don’t understand. But perhaps they do after all, and perhaps that is why local councils were so keen to cancel local elections this May, as a desperate attempt to reprieve their imminent punishment at the ballot box.
The Centre for Migration Control can now reveal that 12 county councils set to deprive British citizens of their vote have seen a 344% increase in the number of illegal migrants that they are housing since the last round of local elections.
Across the whole of England, the increase in illegal migrants being housed in hotels and, in some instances, residential properties, has increased by 184% since December 2021 - from 51,060 to 94,117 in September 2024 (the latest available data).
Laughably London - which is riddled with so-called ‘sanctuary boroughs’ that “value and celebrate refugees” - is a region of England that has seen one of the ‘smallest’ increase of 177%. This contrasts with 363% in the East of England and 303% in the South East.
Across the entire United Kingdom the total increase has been 177% and means that those county councils attempting to shirk the voters have inflicted on their communities and uplift in illegal migrants that is two times the average increase across England.
See below for a breakdown of the uplift that each county council has presided over since they last faced voters:
Devon: A 4475% increase, although relatively small in actual numbers, from 4 to 179.
East Sussex: A 26% decrease. One of just two counties to see a fall.
Essex: A 712% increase, with Braintree seeing the number shoot up from 3 to 564 and Chelmsford seeing an increase from 5 to 439. 2186 illegal migrants are now settled in this county.
Gloucestershire: A 287% increase, with a near threefold increase in Gloucester from 132 to 379.
Hampshire: A 168% increase with almost 1,300 illegal migrants now housed here.
Kent: A 875% increase, with Ashford seeing the number grow from just 2 in 2021 to 189 in 2024.
Norfolk: A 307% increase driven mainly by 365 illegal migrants now housed in Norwich.
Suffolk: The second county to see a decrease - although of just 19.
Surrey: An increase of 215%, with Reigate & Banstead (367) and Surrey Heath (143) bearing the brunt.
Warwickshire: A 401% increase primarily due to the numbers in Rugby shooting up from 81 to 421.
West Sussex: A 460% increase, with Mid Sussex shooting up to 621 and Crawley now hosting 465.
Worcestershire: A 917% increase from 23 to 211.
Although clearly the majority of the blame for this catastrophic state of affairs rests with the Home Office and its neutered attempt to “stop the boats” and “smash the gangs”, voters should not be deprived of the chance to pass a verdict on the imposition that this crisis poses on their local community. One does not have to live in an area with a huge number of illegal migrants to feel aggrieved by the huge economic and social costs that they inflict, but the anger is nonetheless more acute when it is your local area afflicted.
The argument presented in favour of cancelling these elections is that, because of plans to reorganise local government, the costs associated with hosting a ballot are unjustified.
This argument of course is perpetuated by the same political class all too happy to spend over £6bn a year on our asylum system.
If you live in any of the council areas affected, we encourage you to contact your local councillor and let them know your views. Details are below:
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