Voter ID
The UK Government plans to introduce requirements for voters in UK Parliamentary elections to show ID before being issued with a ballot paper. This briefing looks at the background to voter ID and the pilot schemes held in 2018 and 2019.
Women in Politics and Public Life
This briefing includes latest figures on the proportion of women in Parliament and elected bodies across the UK and throughout the world, as well as information on women in UK public life.
Political disengagement in the UK: who is disengaged?
This Commons Library Briefing Paper provides information about which groups in the UK are considered to be politically disengaged, and why. This paper will use the term ‘political disengagement’ to capture certain behaviours and attitudes towards the political system. It uses a range of different sources, which are referenced in the PDF.
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Research Briefing
United States of America: 2020 presidential election
The United States held an election on Tuesday 3 November 2020, with advance voting – both in person and postal – taking place ahead of election day.
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Research Briefing
Tree planting in the UK
A debate on a National Tree Strategy is due to take place in Parliament on 16 December 2020. Tree planting policies aim to increase tree cover in the UK, improve biodiversity, reduce climate emissions and provide income from agroforestry.
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Research Briefing
The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21
The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21
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Insight
Coronavirus: MPs’ use of virtual participation and proxy voting by gender
Female MPs were more likely to use virtual participation and proxy voting between April and November 2020.
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Research Briefing
UK Fisheries Statistics
Key statistics and trends in the UK sea fishing industry, including landings, employment, fleet size, trade, sustainability and comparisons with EU countries.
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Research Briefing
Voting age
Under current legislation, a person must be 18 or over to vote in elections to the UK Parliament. The voting age for devolved and local election in Scotland and Wales has been lowered to 16. This Note gives details of calls for a change in the law to reduce the voting age to 16 in recent years.
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Research Briefing
Ethnic diversity in politics and public life
In 2019 about 14.4% of the UK population was from a minority ethnic background. How is this reflected in politics and public life?
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Research Briefing
Race and Ethnic Disparities
This Commons Library briefing paper discusses the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and provides related statistical and policy analysis.
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Insight
MPs in Parliament: Breakdown of activities by gender and party
This Insight analyses the data to highlight patterns in the parliamentary activities of female and male, and government and opposition MPs.
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Insight
Coronavirus: What does data show about men and women MPs in the hybrid Commons?
This Insight explores how the temporary hybrid model for proceedings affected the participation of women MPs.
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Research Briefing
UK Dairy Industry Statistics
Key statistics and current trends for the UK dairy industry, including farm-gate prices, UK herd size, production, international trade and domestic consumption.
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Research Briefing
General election results from 1918 to 2019
This dataset presents UK general election results by constituency from 1918 onwards. It draws on several sources, described below, which may contain errors. For each constituency, the dataset includes the number of votes and vote share for different political parties, as well as the electorate and turnout. Turnout was calculated as valid votes divided by the electorate.
Total results (page 1 of 5)