Parliament and elections

Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26: Progress of the bill

The "Hillsborough Law" would create a duty of candour for public officials and introduce parity of representation for bereaved families at inquests.

• Courts
• Government

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

How is a government formed?

A briefing on how a new government is formed under a combination of the royal prerogative (non-statutory powers) and statute (Acts of Parliament).

• Government
• Monarchy
• Parliament

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.