Electoral Integrity Project – Local Elections 2018 – Evaluation
19 Jul 2018
Cabinet Office has published its evaluation report and you can view and/or download it from their website here.
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Winners and losers in the local elections
11 May 2018
Another year – and another set of local elections. Are the key messages a reflection of the performance of the parliamentary parties or a genuine reflection of local politics? What have we learned from this year’s set of elections? ..and the winner is…. Read more from the LGiU…
Read moreSeven things you need to know about the local elections
18 Apr 2018
Blink and you’ll miss the coverage, but local elections are happening on Thursday 3 May in England. A lot has changed since these seats were last contested, in 2014. We had the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government, Ed Miliband as Labour leader, and the EU referendum was years away. Read more…
Read more14,182 candidates and counting…
16 Apr 2018
This week has been about SoPNs, of course. Those sweet ‘Statement of Persons Nominated’ PDFs full of potential wombling points — and, er, more importantly, our ticket to building a candidates database — and thus the ability to help voters out — for the local elections this May. In this week’s blog we’re celebrating progress, learning […]
Read moreWhat to look out for in May’s local elections
29 Mar 2018
Voters will head to the polls on 3 May for the first England-wide test of electoral opinion since last year’s dramatic general election. Although there are no polls in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, there is plenty of action in England – with seats on about 150 councils up for grabs. These are a mixture of metropolitan, […]
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