Three geography scholars trace how the UK's system for defining parliamentary constituencies has evolved since the Great Reform Act of 1832, and how the eight redistrictings since then were undertaken. Special attention is paid to the five redistrictings that have been undertaken by the ...
Formerly part of the now defunct Barnsley West and Penistone borough constituency, following the Boundary Commission for England's report on South Yorkshire's Parliamentary constituencies in 2004 and the subsequent inquiry in 2005, it is now part of the Barnsley Central borough constituency....
Across England, Reform proved it can translate positive polling into real power, picking up another parliamentary seat, a mayoralty, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire councils and dozens of seats by lunchtime. The popularity surge for this anti-establishment party is real. Look at the votes:...
Formerly part of the now defunct Barnsley West and Penistone borough constituency, following the Boundary Commission for England's report on South Yorkshire's Parliamentary constituencies in 2004 and the subsequent inquiry in 2005, it is now part of the Barnsley Central borough constituency....
Unlike in other voting systems, there are no second rounds or ranking of first- and second-choice candidates, meaning it can be difficult for smaller parties to translate an increased share of the popular vote into parliamentary seats. Gabriella Dickens, G7 economist at AXA Investment Manager...
"Fare dodgers annoy me since I always pay - but what was Jenrick's point? That 14 years of Tories underfunding the police has meant people feel comfortable breaking the law?" Matt Thanks to everyone who's submitted a comment - we'll share more later this afternoo...
A collection of useful tools for UK politics, including base maps and datasets. Initially inspired by Bhaskar Karambelkar’stilegramspackage, but with the ability to create a hexagonal map of UK parliamentary constituencies and local authorities. The package also includes functions for data retrieval...
Constituency Hex Maps - prior to the 2017 General Election, we created a ‘hex map’ of the UK to allow impartial visualisations of data. By removing the visual weighting seen on geographical maps (physically small constituencies with huge populations, or physically large constituencies with a ...
Constituency Hex Maps - prior to the 2017 General Election, we created a ‘hex map’ of the UK to allow impartial visualisations of data. By removing the visual weighting seen on geographical maps (physically small constituencies with huge populations, or physically large constituencies with a ...
By Parliamentary Constituency ... 29 South East ...