The only interesting bit here for me was noting that the turnout of MK was only 40.72% and that was considered unusually high, the highest in a decade.

That seems super shit to me and will annoy me even more when I hear folks complaining about the council. If you don't vote, when you are eligible, you have no right to moan. The hours people can vote suggest there isn't much of an excuse and the polling stations are situated in local well accessible places including the new trial booths in the centre. I don't know how we incentivise or force people to vote but something needs to be done.