The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI) is consulting on a new polling station scheme. To help voters understand the new proposed layout, EONI turned to us to build an interactive map of new polling places. More on our blog: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/07...

Mapping Northern Ireland's proposed polling places

We worked with the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to map out their proposed polling places for the 2027 elections.

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😍"Thank you. without this we wouldn't know enough about the candidates." - A happy 'Who Can I Vote For?' user in Greater Manchester. 🔍The GM mayoral by-election will be held tomorrow. Voters can find their polling station and list of candidates by entering their postcode at whocanivotefor.co.uk

🗳️ Plenty of by-elections are happening across the UK in July: over 40 council polls as well as the Norfolk PCC and the Mayor of Greater Manchester. Voters can find their ballot on whocanivotefor.co.uk Received any election leaflets in the post? Take a picture and upload them: electionleaflets.org

We're very interested to see the answer to this! We wrote about clause 49 in February: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/02...

The elections bill is excellent for data on elections

The elections bill has the possibility to transform the way that election data works in the UK.

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Mark Pack@markpackuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One for the election nerds.

We've added the results of the 7 May town and parish council elections to our blog. 70.3% of seats were won by independent candidates and 11.1% by candidates representing political parties. 19% of seats remain unfilled. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/04...

📬With the final count concluded, we now have a full dataset of English local election results. All the votes cast for all the candidates - 18.5 million. 👇You can download the data from our candidate database: candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/data/shortcuts

⭐ Greenwich electoral services have published turnout stats for each of their polling districts: www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/sites/defaul... We think all councils should have to do this, and have suggested an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill: bills.parliament.uk/publications...

These figures are unprecedented - more than twice our record for a non-General Election.

Democracy Club@democracyclub.org.uk · 3mo ago

🔏 Polls have closed! ⤴️ We have processed over 10 million postcode searches from the UK public in the last month. Election day: 2,648,429 This week: 4,635,003 Since 1 April: 10,564,221 🤩 Enormous thanks to the electoral administrators and volunteers who made this possible.

🔏 Polls have closed! ⤴️ We have processed over 10 million postcode searches from the UK public in the last month. Election day: 2,648,429 This week: 4,635,003 Since 1 April: 10,564,221 🤩 Enormous thanks to the electoral administrators and volunteers who made this possible.

🐶 Where is the best place in the UK to see #dogsatpollingstations ? 🐕 Possibly Cowal Dog Training Club in Argyll and Bute, which is a polling place today! 🐾 Find your polling station: wheredoivote.co.uk

🗳️ The polls are open! 17,300 polling places are open today across Great Britain. 12,800 in England 2,400 in Scotland 2,100 in Wales Find yours at wheredoivote.co.uk

The Scottish and Welsh parliaments, six English local authority mayors, and 5,056 English and two Welsh councillors are due to be elected tomorrow. Find out who's on your ballot at whocanivotefor.co.uk

"There are over 25,000 candidates competing for just 5,000 seats - giving voters an "unprecedented" level of choice in one of the most hotly-contested local elections in history." Our candidate data underpins this Sky News story by @alicjahagopian.bsky.social . news.sky.com/story/local-...

Local elections could see council seats won on record-low vote shares

Political fragmentation ahead of this week's local elections could see council seats being won with minimal vote share, say leading political scientists.

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Six days to go until the local and devolved elections! 7 May will be the tenth English local election Democracy Club has covered, which means we've a decade's worth of candidate data to look back on: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/04...

New blog: the 2026 town and parish council elections. - 373 town and parish councils are up for election this year. - Due to a lack of candidates in most areas, only 23% of wards will see a poll on 7 May. - 67% of council seats have been won uncontested. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/04...

2026 parish and town elections

A data summary of the 2026 local council elections in England.

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Great explanation - we are also often asked this.

Electoral Reform Society@electoralreform.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We've had a few people ask us if they can opt out of certain parties' leaflets, so we decided to investigate: electoral-reform.org.uk/is-it-possib...

📮 Received any election leaflets in the post recently? 📸 Before recycling, please consider snapping a photo and uploading it to electionleaflets.org. ℹ️ Over 1,000 leaflets have been added to the database this year alone!

Our submission to the Representation of the People Bill committee has been published: bills.parliament.uk/publications...

📝 We've made our lists, and checked them twice. 25,047 candidates have been nominated to stand in the English local elections on 7 May. 140 parties are represented, alongside 794 independent candidates. Get the details and the data: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/04...

2026 local election data summary

All the candidates standing in the 2026 English local elections.

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Both the Senedd and Scottish Parliament have now dissolved for the upcoming elections - but if you put your postcode into @theyworkforyou.com we're using @democracyclub.org.uk data to tell you more about candidates.

Candidates for the Scottish Parliamentary elections were published last night. These are now all in our system, and voters can view their ballot papers by entering their postcode: whocanivotefor.co.uk

On 7 May, the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru will hold elections on new boundaries. This means that many voters will be in a new constituency or (in the case of Scotland) region.

Are you a candidate in the 7 May English local elections? Add yourself to our database and have your profile featured on whocanivotefor.co.uk Are you a party organiser or campaigner? You can add your whole slate of candidates at once! whocanivotefor.co.uk/standing/

Please help us to hear from Councillors about how our local democracy is changing. 💬 ✅ If you’re a Councillor in England, Wales or N Ireland, please take part in our Councillor Survey or Focus Groups. ✅ If you work with cllrs, please share this. How to get involved 👉 https://ow.ly/SfPt50Yo908

🗳️ 📆 The Scottish Parliament, the Senedd Cymru and 136 English councils (5,013 councillors and six mayors) are holding elections on 7 May. 👇 Get all the details from our latest blog. 👇 democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/03...

What's up for election in 2026?

Everywhere in Scotland and Wales, along with large areas of England, will be going to the polls on 7 May.

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*Representation of the People Bill update* Steve Reed has just announced: 'We will repeal in full the power for government to impose a strategy and policy statement on the Electoral Commission'. A very welcome change. I set out last week why it was needed. constitution-unit.com/2026/02/26/t...

The Representation of the People Bill: contours of the debates to come

The government’s long-awaited proposals for electoral reforms, published last month, will receive their first scrutiny in the House of Commons next Monday. Ahead of that debate, Alan Renwick analys…

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👁️All eyes are on the parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton today. Voters in the constituency can find their polling station and candidate list at whocanivotefor.co.uk

We've un-postponed (counter-countermanded?) these elections in our system and will be covering them as usual.

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 6mo ago

🚨 | Local Elections in all 30 Local Authorities which were postponed until 2027 will now go ahead: Adur Basildon Blackburn with Darwen Burnley Cannock Chase Cheltenham Chorley Crawley East Sussex Exeter Harlow Hastings Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Norfolk Norwich Pendle Peterborough Preston [1/2]

Lovely shoutout to our election leaflets database from Prof. Rob! You can upload leaflets yourself at: electionleaflets.org

Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Swingometer! Dropping my latest Gorton & Denton update now as I have teaching all morning tomorrow. I take a look at the leaflet wars underway in the seat, and how I've ended up caught in the electoral crossfire: open.substack.com/pub/swingome...

Today the UK government has published the Representation of the People Bill. We welcome some measures in the bill and would like others to be improved. Read our press release: electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...