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Voters

  • Research Briefing

    Voting age

    Thursday, 19 November, 2020

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    How do constituencies get their names?

    Thursday, 05 November, 2020

    In this Insight, we explain how and when constituency names are chosen, and the role of the public in the process.

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • Parliament
    • Voters
  • Research Briefing

    Armed Forces Voting

    Tuesday, 11 August, 2020

    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
    • Elections
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    GE2019: How did demographics affect the result?

    Friday, 21 February, 2020

    Does your demographic background affect how you vote?

    • Insight
    • Demography
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    E-petitions: Is there a link between general elections and signing petitions?

    Monday, 10 February, 2020

    Almost 23 million people have started or signed a petition on Parliament’s petitions website.

    • Insight
    • Communities
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    General Election 2019: Voting patterns in student seats

    Friday, 17 January, 2020

    Where are the 'student seats', what were the results there, and how did this compare to other 'young seats'?

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    General Election 2019: How does the result compare to other elections in 2019?

    Thursday, 16 January, 2020

    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.

    • Insight
    • Elections
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    General Election 2019: Turning votes into seats

    Friday, 10 January, 2020

    How did the number of votes cast for each party relate to the number of seats they won in the 2019 General Election?

    • Insight
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    General Election 2019: Turnout

    Tuesday, 07 January, 2020

    Where was turnout was highest and lowest?

    • Insight
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    General Election 2019: Marginality

    Tuesday, 07 January, 2020

    Which constituencies produced the narrowest or widest victory margins in the 2019 election?

    • Insight
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    Who regulates political advertising?

    Monday, 04 November, 2019

    The answer isn’t straightforward....

    • Insight
    • Press and media
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    What is the timetable of general election 2019?

    Friday, 01 November, 2019

    The timetable is 25 working-days and sets out key dates .

    • Insight
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit questions in national and EU courts

    Friday, 01 November, 2019

    It has been predicted that Brexit issues will give rise to many legal actions in UK and other Member States' courts, and the Court of Justice of the EU. While there have not yet been a great many, several cases have been brought by UK citizens living in other EU Member States, while other cases have been interesting for their implications for the UK's future relations with the EU. This paper looks at issues that have been the subject of legal action in UK and EU courts.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Criminal law
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Government
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • Justice
    • Parliament
    • UK elections
    • Voters
    • Brexit
  • Insight

    Voter ID: Securing the ballot or suppressing the vote?

    Wednesday, 23 October, 2019

    Requiring voters to show ID aims to prevent ‘personation’.

    • Insight
    • Local government
    • UK elections
    • Voters
  • Insight

    Voter ID: Key facts and figures

    Wednesday, 23 October, 2019

    The Government states that requiring voters to show some form of ID will reduce the risk of voter fraud and improve the integrity of the electoral process.

    • Insight
    • Local government
    • UK elections
    • Voters

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