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DemocracyClub, 17 days ago to elections

2024 UK general election: data and resources for campaigners, journalists and researchers

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/05/27/2024-general-election-data-and-resources-for-campaigners-journalists-and-researchers/

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DemocracyClub, 27 days ago to random

📣 Delighted to announce that we've been given a grant by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to revamp https://electionleaflets.org/. EL is our digital archive of physical election literature, founded in 2010.

👩‍💻 We're looking for a contract Python developer for this work. See the summary doc below for more info, and do please pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q8PtcU8JfsaaZQhEU8Jz_IeLiSekdTL1eu5-CyDqd9w/edit?usp=sharing

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DemocracyClub, 1 month ago to random

The results everyone's been waiting for!

We processed 2.3 million postcode searches between Monday and Friday, and over five million since 1 April.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this one of our most successful elections yet.

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/05/03/2024-postcode-search-summary/

DemocracyClub, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

🏛️ 27,500 polling places are open today across England and Wales for the PCC, mayoral and local elections.

📍 Find yours now!

➡️ https://wheredoivote.co.uk/

#ukpolitics

DemocracyClub, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 New blog! We take a regional look at the English local election candidates.

🤔 Where has the longest ballot paper? Where is each party fighting the most seats? And are Independent candidates more common in the North or South?
https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/04/29/the-2024-english-local-elections-a-regional-look/

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DemocracyClub, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

📝 Did you know that you can follow UK voter registration data in real time?

🙋‍♀️ 151,373 people registered to vote in the UK yesterday, which was the last day to register to take part in the 2 May elections.

👀 View the government dashboard here: https://www.registertovote.service.gov.uk/performance

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DemocracyClub, 2 months ago to elections

Candidates standing in the English local elections, 2 May. 2,707 seats up for election.

Numbers of candidates fielded by parties below. Figures in brackets reflect proportion of seats contested.

2,561 (94.6%) - Conservatives
2,478 (91.5%) - Labour
1,853 (68.5%) - Liberal Democrats
1,690 (62.4%) - Green Party
329 (12.2%) - Reform UK
273 (10.1%) - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

535 - Independents
529 - All other parties

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/04/07/2024-local-election-data-summary/

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DemocracyClub, 2 months ago to UKpolitics

🗳️ The candidate lists for Mayor of London and the London Assembly were published earlier today, and we've now finished adding them to our system.

• 13 candidates are standing for Mayor, representing 10 parties and three independents.

• 80 candidates are contesting the 14 constituency seats.

• 12 parties and 3 independents are contesting the 11 London-wide seats.

Find out who's standing where you are: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/

#ukpolitics #elections #LondonMayor #London

DemocracyClub, 2 months ago to politicalscience

ℹ️ Did you know that the UK has spent millions of pounds over the last two decades printing voter information booklets and running an interactive election website?

👀 In today's blog we take a look at existing provisions for voter information in UK electoral law.

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/03/25/voter-information-and-uk-law-an-overview/

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DemocracyClub, 3 months ago to UKpolitics

🗳️ On 2 May, everywhere in England and Wales will have something to vote for.

🥅 11 Mayors, 36 Police and Crime Commissioners, and 2636 council seats are up for grabs.

👀 Read more on our blog!

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/03/11/whats-up-for-election-in-2024/

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DemocracyClub, 3 months ago to Scotland

🦄 Last month the Scottish government published their new electoral reform bill.

💡 The Bill makes a range of changes to the electoral system, including new powers to allow the piloting of schemes such as digital poll cards.

💷 There's also the promise of funding for organisations involved in promoting democratic participation.

👀 Want to know more? We've taken a look at the Bill in our latest blog. ⤵️

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/02/13/the-scottish-elections-representation-and-reform-bill/

#scotland #democracy #civic_tech
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DemocracyClub, 4 months ago to random

📬 We sent out our latest newsletter last week. It's also available online, here: https://mailinglist.democracyclub.org.uk/archive/3fd712b0-b909-463b-8bf3-4f74a44960a0

ℹ️ There's a lot going on in the world of elections at the moment. Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with developments: https://mailinglist.democracyclub.org.uk/subscription/form

DemocracyClub, 6 months ago to UKpolitics

🗳️ We're tracking Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for the next UK general election.

📝 The next election will take place no later than January 2025, and parties are selecting candidates for each constituency.

🔢 Our volunteers have already identified over a thousand candidates.

👀 Browse the full list now: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ppcs/

#ukpolitics #elections #democracy

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DemocracyClub, 8 months ago to cymru

Yesterday the Welsh Government published the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill.

This is a really exciting Bill. If passed, not only will it introduce automatic voter registration, but it will also transform how electoral data is managed and published in Wales.

Most eye-catching is the promise of a digital "elections information platform", with a remit which includes candidate statements.

The Bill is being introduced today. Learn more:

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2023/10/03/why-were-excited-about-the-elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/

#elections #Wales

DemocracyClub, 11 months ago to UKpolitics

🥳 Fun fact: more than 550 political parties have contested #elections in the UK since 2015.

🎉 Even funner fact: You can browse a list of every UK political party on WhoCanIVoteFor.

https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/parties/

We maintain a copy of the Electoral Commission register of political parties. Each party has its own page on our site, which shows past and present emblems, ballot descriptions, and links to the the register.

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