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Elections

  • Research Briefing

    Northern Ireland Assembly Elections: 2016

    Thursday, 19 May, 2016

    Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 5 May 2016 resulted in little change in the party composition. Following the elections the two largest parties in the Assembly remain the DUP (38 MLAs) and Sinn Féin (28 MLAs).

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • Elections
    • UK elections
  • Research Briefing

    Police and Crime Commissioner Elections: 2016

    Thursday, 19 May, 2016

    On Thursday 5 May 2016 the second cycle of elections (2012 being the first) for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) took place in England and Wales (excluding the Metropolitan Police, City of London and Greater Manchester). The 40 police areas each elected one PCC. The supplementary vote system was used for the elections.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Police
    • UK elections
  • Insight

    More light, less heat: our EU Referendum analysis

    Wednesday, 18 May, 2016

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    A short guide to the EU referendum

    Tuesday, 17 May, 2016

    This Commons Library guide summarises a selection of our EU referendum related briefings. It describes the referendum process and considers the potential implications of either result following June’s vote.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    EU referendum: how the result will be declared

    Thursday, 12 May, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing paper summarises how the result will be declared following the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU on Thursday 23 June 2016.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • UK elections
    • Brexit
  • Debate Pack

    E-petition 116762 relating to the Government’s EU referendum leaflet

    Thursday, 05 May, 2016

    This is an archived Commons Library briefing on E-petition 116762 relating to the Government's EU referendum leaflet from 2016.

    • Debate Pack
    • Elections
  • Research Briefing

    Government leaflet on the EU Referendum

    Wednesday, 04 May, 2016

    The Government has published a leaflet setting out its recommendation ahead of the referendum that the UK should remain a member of the EU; the leaflet will be delivered to every household in the UK. An e-petition critical of the Government's decision to publish the leaflet has received over 200,000 signatures and will be debated by the House of Commons on 9 May 2016.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
  • Insight

    EU Referendum: counting the vote

    Monday, 02 May, 2016

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    The EU referendum campaign

    Wednesday, 27 April, 2016

    This House of Commons Library briefing includes information about the timetable for the EU referendum campaign. It also includes information on the rules that apply to campaign activity.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
  • Research Briefing

    Political party funding: controversies and reform since 1997

    Thursday, 24 March, 2016

    This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper gives background to the main controversies around, and attempts to reform, political party funding since 1997.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    All-women shortlists

    Monday, 07 March, 2016

    This note looks at the background to the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 which allowed political parties to draw up all-women shortlists of candidates for elections; and its extension. It gives details of Labour candidates selected through all-women shortlists and methods of positive action used by the main political parties to increase the number of women MPs.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Equality
    • Parliament
    • UK elections
  • Research Briefing

    Individual Electoral Registration

    Wednesday, 24 February, 2016

    This Commons Briefing Paper provides information about the introduction of the new system of electoral registration (IER) in Great Britain and funding both for the transition period and to support a range of initiatives to increase the level of voter registration among under-registered groups, including students. Registration in Northern Ireland has been on an individual basis since 2002.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    GE 2015: why did the pollsters get it so wrong?

    Friday, 22 January, 2016

    • Insight
    • UK elections
  • Insight

    The Return of the Prisoner Voting Saga?

    Wednesday, 13 January, 2016

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • Prisons
  • Research Briefing

    Political party funding: sources and regulations

    Monday, 11 January, 2016

    This Commons Library Briefing paper introduces the main sources of funding for political parties and the rules applying to their use.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Parliament

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