Democracy Club Blog
Our work, election news, and other items of interest.
On 2 May, 10,248 candidates are standing for 2,707 council seats across England. Using Democracy Club’s candidate data, it is easy to analyse the candidates by regions or council area - which is what we’ve done!
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We’ve collected as much information as we can about candidates and political parties standing for election on 2 May in England and Wales.
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All the candidates standing in the 2024 local elections.
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We take a look at the UK ’s register of political parties: its history, contents, and our plans to improve its accessibility.
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A general election is on the way - here’s how we plan to empower voters, companies and campaigners to build the democracy we all deserve.
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An exclusive & idiosyncratic look at the elections in England, Scotland & Wales.
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Translations, SoPNs, and Sankeys.
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What’s the link between biscuits and voter information?
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By
Kate Seary
on
19th May 2021
We take a look at your feedback from May 6!
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By
Kate Seary
on
4th May 2021
We’re once again working with the Fawcett society to analyse the gender profile of candidates
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Three down, 9,997 to go.
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An overview of some recent changes to everyone’s favourite election website.
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We present a host of graphs (and a map!) in an attempt to understand the people behind the postcode searches.
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In this week’s blog, in a sequel to the very popular Last Week’s Blog, we analyse the feedback left on our candidate-lookup website, WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk, over the general election.
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