Voting Counts has published a new ‘Why Vote?’ video to promote voter engagement in the 12 December 2019 General Election. In 2017, 14.5 million people who were on the electoral register did not vote....
In 2017, turnout in individual constituencies varied from 53% to 79.5%. Use the interactive tool below to see which constituencies had the lowest turnout.
Although you often only hear about the UK’s largest political parties, there are actually hundreds registered with the Electoral Commission! Some of these parties exist to campaign on a single issue, while others only...
General Elections are an opportunity for the public to elect a Member of Parliament to represent their constituency in Parliament. Members of the public decide who to vote for by considering a number of factors including; each political party’s manifesto promises, or the...
Voting is just one way to have your say about how the UK is being run, if you’re wondering why you should get involved this is the article for you!
According to the NALC, Local councillors have three main areas of work: 1. Decision-making: Through attending meetings and committees with other elected members, councillors decide which activities to support, where money should be spent,...
FPTP is the electoral system used to elect MPs to the House of Commons. FPTP is a plurality electoral system in which the winning candidate only needs one vote more than their leading opponent in order to win their seat.
There are more ways to get involved with politics than just voting, find out how you can influence decision makers.
We took a look at the percentage of spoilt ballots in the European Elections to see what they could tell us about this election.
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