Pembroke South East, traditionally seen as a Progressive Labour Party stronghold, has suffered from low voter turnout in recent years.Ashfield DeVent of the ruling party has been its MP since 2003 when he won 551 votes compared to 227 for Lawrence Fox of the United Bermuda Party. Voter turnout was 66 percent.Voter turnout fell to 62 percent in 2007, and Mr DeVent’s majority — this time against Tillman Darrell of the United Bermuda Party — was 526 votes compared to 252 won by United Bermuda Party candidate Tillman Darrell.Mr DeVent was deselected by the party’s branch in September 2011 in favour of former Government race relations consultant Rolfe Commissiong. At one point there were a total of four other candidates racing Mr Commissiong for the seat.However, with Winfield Simpson pulling out of his campaign as an independent for personal reasons, and another independent candidate, Andre Curtis, serving time in prison, the field now consists of three — Jeff Baron of the One Bermuda Alliance, Mr Darrell and Mr Commissiong. John Holdipp has also told ZBM News that he is running as an Independent.Mr Baron said: “It is the most dynamic constituency in Bermuda. We have the richest and we have the most marginalised and you can see that standing at Fort Hamilton. You can look south and see the Atlantis building, this beautiful new multi-million dollar building that houses wealthy CEOs. Yet if you look north, you can see people living in tents next to the emergency housing shelter, and they have been for years.”The voter turnout has been among the lowest across the Island for the last two elections — 66 percent in 2003 and 62 percent in 2007.Constituent Laurie Ann Stovell thinks the reason for the low turnout is “we’ve never been helped before. We’ve had so many things promised to us and people are just tired and now they don’t vote because it seems pointless”.The constituency has the lowest wages in Bermuda — median household income is just $78,714 compared to the wealthiest, Devonshire South Central, on $136,630.It was also the area with the fourth highest number of households headed by a mother with children — there were 73 in 2010.Pembroke South East is a mainly black constituency — with 69 percent of residents describing themselves as black compared to 19 percent white.Boundary changes since the last election sent a total of 403 Pembroke South East voters to two other districts — 295 to Pembroke Central and 108 to Pembroke South West. A total of 261 were gained — ten from Pembroke South West, 73 from Pembroke East Central, 159 from Devonshire North West and 19 voters who were previously in Devonshire South Central.Results:2003Ashfield DeVent (PLP) 551 (70.62 %)Lawrence Fox (UBP) 227 (29.8 %)Registered voters: 1,185Turnout: 783 (66 percent)2007Ashfield DeVent (PLP) 526 (67.61 %)Tillman Darrell (UBP) 252 (32.39 %)Registered voters: 1,252Turnout:778 (62.14 percent)RaceNational Pembroke South EastBlack (63%) (69%)White (25%) (19%)Mixed (7%) (5%)Other Races (3.0%) (4%)Not Stated (0.6%) (2%)Total Household IncomeNational Pembroke South EastUnder $36000 (11%) (16%)$36000+ (20%) (20%)$72000+ (19%) (20%)$108000+ (15%) (14%)$144000+ (35%) (29%)Age National Pembroke South East16-34 27% (27%)35-44 (16%) 15%45-54 (21%) (21%)55-64 (17%) (17%)65+ (20%) (19%)Constituency median household income $78,714Island-wide median household income $106,389Some total percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.