2025 local election candidate data summary
The candidates and parties standing in the 2025 English local elections.
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Our work, election news, and other items of interest.
2024 UK general election candidate summary
The most candidates ever! See the full list of parties standing.
Read moreThe 2024 English local elections: a regional look
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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All the candidates standing in the 2024 local elections.
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Democracy Club’s election candidate data allows the Fawcett Society to produce hard-hitting research on gender inequalities in British politics.
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Read moreCharts & graphs: the 2022 local elections
An exclusive & idiosyncratic look at the elections in England, Scotland & Wales.
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The state of the parties heading into the 2022 polls.
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We’ve made our lists, and we’ve checked them twice.
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