Every Vote Counts Westminster event attracts media attention

Today United Response goes to Westminster to launch its campaign urging political parties to work with people with learning disabilities and make 2010 the most inclusive election in UK history.

A report carried out by United Response shows that as few as 16% of people with learning disabilities who were registered to vote actually did so in the last election, compared with a national turnout of 61%. It also explored why so many people with learning disabilities feel excluded from the democratic process: key barriers were a lack of easy-to-understand information about candidates and policies, the complexity of the voting process and low awareness of the right of people with learning disabilities to vote.

Media coverage relating to the event is already rampant. Su Sayer, chief executive at United Response, has opinion pieces about the launch on The Big Picture blog, the Guardian website and epolitix.com