Parliament and elections

Cost of a bank holiday

The Prime Minister has hinted that he would consider a bank holiday if England win the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. How much could this cost the economy?

• Economic policy
• Economic situation
• Monarchy

Voter Authority Certificates: a quick guide

Voter Authority Certificates (VACs), a free type of voter ID, are available to people without any other accepted form of photo ID.

• Elections

Representation of the People Bill: progress of the bill

This briefing tracks the progress of the bill to introduce votes at 16, automatic voter registration, tighten the rules on political donations and allow bank cards to be used as voter ID.

• Elections
• Parliament
• Voters

2022 Local Elections Handbook and dataset

Explore the 2022 local elections results and download a comprehensive results dataset for electoral districts and wards.

Parliament and elections data

Explore data and analysis about Parliament, MPs, general election and by-elections results, and the Government.

Briefings

Politically impartial publications produced by Commons Library researchers, covering legislation, policy areas and topical issues.