Boundary Review 2023: Changes to consultation and implementation
The Boundary Commission for England has announced its initial proposals for new constituency boundaries.
Overseas voters
British citizens living overseas are currently entitled to be registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections for up to 15 years in the constituency they were registered in before leaving the UK. The Government has committed to end the 15-year limit and introduce 'votes for life'. This Briefing Paper provides details of the provisions relating to overseas voters in the Representation of the People Act 1985 and the proposals for change. It also summarises earlier attempts to change the 15 year rule.
Anonymous electoral registration
Anonymous registration allows people whose safety would be at risk if their name or address were listed on the electoral register, for example survivors of domestic abuse, to register to vote without their details made public. This note outlines the current requirements.
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Research Briefing
Supply and sale of the electoral register
This note examines the supply and sale of the full and open versions of the electoral register.
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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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Insight
How do constituencies get their names?
In this Insight, we explain how and when constituency names are chosen, and the role of the public in the process.
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Research Briefing
Armed Forces Voting
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.
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Insight
GE2019: How did demographics affect the result?
Does your demographic background affect how you vote?
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Insight
E-petitions: Is there a link between general elections and signing petitions?
Almost 23 million people have started or signed a petition on Parliament’s petitions website.
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Insight
General Election 2019: Voting patterns in student seats
Where are the 'student seats', what were the results there, and how did this compare to other 'young seats'?
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Insight
General Election 2019: How does the result compare to other elections in 2019?
General election results are counted and declared at constituency level, while local and European Parliament election results are counted and declared at local council area level.
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Insight
General Election 2019: Turning votes into seats
How did the number of votes cast for each party relate to the number of seats they won in the 2019 General Election?
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Insight
General Election 2019: Marginality
Which constituencies produced the narrowest or widest victory margins in the 2019 election?
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Total results (page 1 of 4)