Research Briefing
This is the full briefing on our series on House of Commons trends. It looks at statistics on the working and procedures of the House of Commons. It looks at the composition of the Commons, the Parliamentary mechanisms, time spent on different types of business and staffing among other things.
Insight
Out of 63,621 candidates since 1918 - 8,780 have been women.
Research Briefing
Bolivia held elections on Sunday 18 October 2020. As well as electing a president and vice-president, the electorate also voted for members of both houses of Congress.
Research Briefing
New Zealand held a General Election on Saturday 17 October 2020, with advance voting beginning two weeks earlier, on 3 October. Originally planned for 19 September, the election was postponed due to Covid-19.
Research Briefing
This note sets out the background to the debate about televised debates between party leaders during a general election campaign.
Debate Pack
MPs will debate three petitions on Monday 5 October 2020 in Westminster Hall at 6pm. The first two call for a public inquiry to take place into the 2016 referendum on EU membership. One of these calls for Brexit to be deferred in the meantime. The third petition calls for the post-Brexit transition period to be deferred to allow more time for the UK-EU future relationship negotiations.
Research Briefing
The august presidential election in Belarus led to the biggest demonstrations since the country's independence. The outcome is still not clear.
Research Briefing
Belarus held a presidential election on Sunday 9 August 2020. In the weeks leading up to the election there were large rallies against the incumbent president. In the weeks since the election took place, protests have continued amid allegations of widespread vote-rigging as President Lukashenko secured a sixth term in office.
Research Briefing
The Armed Forces can register to vote as ordinary electors, as overseas voters, or as service voters. There has been concern about the under-registration of the Armed Forces, especially those serving overseas, and the difficulties they face in participating in the electoral process more generally.The Note also gives a brief history of how the system of voting by members of the Armed Forces has changed, particularly during the periods directly after each World War.
Research Briefing
This table lists the number of seats in the House of Commons from 1707 to present day.
Data Dashboard
Search the results of the 2019 General Election for each constituency using the interactive dashboard
Data Dashboard
Constituency-level data on electorates in the UK, including data for both the parliamentary and the local government franchise
Research Briefing
This note contains basic details of the structure of local government (counties, districts and unitary authorities); the electoral system, ward structures, and the franchise; the divisions of functions between local authorities; and the process for changing local government boundaries and structures.
Insight
Parliament passed emergency legislation to delay the elections because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Research Briefing
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.
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