Democracy Club Blog

Opening the register of political parties

We take a look at the UK’s register of political parties: its history, contents, and our plans to improve its accessibility.

Planning for the general election

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.

2023 local election data summary

Charts & graphs: the 2022 local elections

An exclusive & idiosyncratic look at the elections in England, Scotland & Wales.

Pwy alla i bleidleisio ar gyfer?

Translations, SoPNs, and Sankeys.

We collected data on 1,500 politicians' favourite biscuit. Here's what we found.

What’s the link between biscuits and voter information?

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want

We take a look at your feedback from May 6!

2021 Election Data through a Gendered Lens

We’re once again working with the Fawcett society to analyse the gender profile of candidates

Parish councils on WhoCanIVoteFor

Three down, 9,997 to go.

WhoCanIVoteFor gets a refresh

An overview of some recent changes to everyone’s favourite election website.

Where and Who are our Users?

We present a host of graphs (and a map!) in an attempt to understand the people behind the postcode searches.

The Users Strike Back: GE2019, part 2

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.