Local government elections may 2021

 Local government association guidance and notes on regulations

Electoral commission guidance and regulations

Institute for Government background paper

House of Commons Library briefing impact of Covid 

Elections centre website has details historic data and charts on local elections from Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher  Associate Members of Nuffield College, Oxford 

BBC

Guardian

New Statesman

Times

FT

Britain elects polls aggregator

Academic/ think tank analysis

Institute for Government news and analysis

LSE British politics and policy blog

Conversation academic analysis

What UK thinks Natcen polls John Curtice analysis

Electoral reform Society critique of electoral system

American presidential elections key websites

Keep up to date using these resources 

ifes Primer

270 to win aggregate of polls map

• Pew: Election 2020

  Data and analysis on current public opinion

• RealClear Politics

  Access the latest data gathered from major polls
• Gallup's 2020 Presidential Election Center

  Recent Gallup polls

• The New York Times: Election Guide 2020
• The Wall Street Journal: Campaign Wire 2020

Historic election information.

• Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives - Election Statistics

  The Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives lists elections results from 1920 tonwards includes the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. senators, and U.S. Representatives.
• A New Nation Votes

  election returns from 1787-1825 made available from: The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives 

• American National Election Studies (ANES)
  The American National Election Studies (ANES) are academically-run national surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election. information from data collected since 1948 is available including questions, code books and a bibliography of academic articles based on the study

Ireland elections - get some free facts from academic sources

Ireland has been to the polls over the weekend.

Official results are posted on the parliamentary website
background information on the voting process and system is provided on a citizens website

Other sources of election results both recent and historical include:

ElectionsIreland.org, produced in association with Seán Donnelly, author of various books on Irish elections

NSD elections database covers 1990-2015

Irish National Election Study Data

an extensive five-wave panel survey of (initially) 2663 respondents covers the Irish general elections of 2002 and 2007, as well as the local and European Parliament elections of 2004.data can be downloaded.

Women for Election - get names and facts about female candidates and campaigns to increase gender equality from this organisation

Key Political Parties
.

Sinn Fein

Fine Gael

Fianna Fail 

Newspaper coverage

Key sources with articles and polls include:


Irish Times
RTE



Academic analysis

Trinity College Dublin page from Michael Gallagher

Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses
Adrian Kavanagh, Maynooth University Department of Geography


Irish Politics Forum blog from the Political Studies Association of Ireland

Labour leadership contest - Who is the most popular?

Check out the latest YouGov polls of party members.
LabourList Survation polls of members

Endorsements

GMB union.
endorsement Lisa Nandy

Momentum labour party movement - Rebecca Long-Bailey

Unison - Trade union Keir Starmer

Unite - Rebecca Long Bailey

Labour Leadership contest 2020

official Labour Party website

Explainers

Institute for Government has a series of handy briefing papers explaining the process.

contenders

Lisa Nandy

Jess Phillips

Keir Starmer

Emily Thornberry

Rebecca Long-Bailey website no campaign site

Guardian newspaper coverage
Independent

activists
Labour Left blog and discussion
Left foot Forward


Analysis
The Conversation blog.

Election results- useful academic research resources for international research

Look up the result in your area using the BBC

For historic data try these recommended resources

Political Data Yearbook 
Great free website based on the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook includes election results, turnout levels and political party facts for over 30 nations most from the EU. Check dates updated.

British Election Study 

Get an understanding of long term trends in voter behaviour using this social survey of the electorate which has been conducted since 1964. Reports and datasets can be downloaded.

Constituency-Level Elections Archive

 University of Michigan. Provides free access to detailed election results at the constituency level for lower house legislative elections from over 18,000 elections from 162 nations . Some raw data is accessible.

International Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
An intergovernmental organisation which supports and promotes free fair elections. Its website provides access to a number of statistical databases. They include voter turnout

Election 2019 - TV coverage links via BoB

For those lucky enough to have access to BoB

Here are the links to recent recorded programmes.

Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate, 20:00 19/11/2019, ITV London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DBF677?bcast=130655448

The ITV Election Interviews, 22:00 19/11/2019, ITV London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DBF902?bcast=130655718 (Accessed 26 Nov 2019)

Victoria Derbyshire, Victoria Derbyshire: Election Debate, 09:30 22/11/2019, BBC2 England, 90 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14D9F077?bcast=130735194 (Accessed 26 Nov 2019)

Question Time Leaders Special, Leaders Special, 19:00 22/11/2019, BBC1 London, 120 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E76FA3?bcast=130695917

 The Leader Interviews: Jo Swinson - Tonight, 19:30 28/11/2019, ITV London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DFB315?bcast=130715659

The Andrew Neil Interviews, Nicola Sturgeon, 23:15 25/11/2019, BBC1 Wales, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E0A31B?bcast=130749117


The Leader Interviews: Nigel Farage - Tonight, 03:00 22/11/2019, ITV London, 25 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DC045F?bcast=130670984

Channel 4 News Climate Debate, 19:00 28/11/2019, Channel 4, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E3B92B?bcast=130788844

The BBC Election Debate, Live, 19:00 29/11/2019, BBC1 London, 90 mins.
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E0D28A?bcast=130721636 

The Leader Interviews: Tonight, 20:30 29/11/2019, ITV London

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E48627?bcast=130721898 

The ITV Election Debate, 19:00 01/12/2019, ITV London .

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EB92EA?bcast=130733498 

The Andrew Neil Interviews: Jo Swinson, Jo Swinson, 19:30 04/12/2019, BBC1 London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E9C422
The Andrew Neil Interviews, Nigel Farage, 19:00 05/12/2019, BBC1 London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E9C4D4

The Prime Ministerial Debate, 20:30 06/12/2019, BBC1 London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EC3D82

Live: Britain Decides - The Everything But Brexit Debate, 18:30 08/12/2019, Channel 4, 90 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14F0F5ED

Election Broadcasts by political parties.


Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party, 18:55 12/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E04A4A?bcast=130670194

Party Election Broadcast by the Scottish Labour Party, 18:55 14/11/2019, BBC1 Scotland, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DEE8A2?bcast=130648958

Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party, 18:55 13/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DF102D?bcast=130694459


Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party, 18:55 19/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE2C0D?bcast=130723565


Party Election Broadcast by the Brexit Party, 18:55 20/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE2D20?bcast=130723681

Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party, 18:55 28/11/2019, BBC1 https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE8297?bcast=130724351

Election 2019 political party manifestos and postings

Conservative

Conservative research dept analysis of Labour  'tax raid on pensions'  November 18th
Conservative Party manifesto

Labour

Full manifesto
Real Change
Labour Party John McDonnell speech on conservatives supporting the rich- November 18th

Poverty Britain - 10 ways the Tories have entrenched poverty - Labour Party 20/11/2019

Liberal Democrat

full manifesto

Brexit Party
Contract with the People

Plaid Cymru
manifesto


IFS analysis of manifestos
LibDem
Labour
Conservative

NIESR Election Briefing - The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Brexit -

NIESR Election Briefing - The Future Path of the Minumum Wage.

NIESR Election Briefing - Education Policy Priorities and a Look in the Manifestos

CLASS analysis of Labour vs conservative

Renationalisation ? IEA analysis of labour party policy

Manifestos reveal unclear and unrealistic Brexit goals Uk in a changing Europe

Election 2019 starting points

Lists of candidates from the Democracy Club

BBC election Coverage.
Channel 4 politics
ITV News


Guardian
FT
Times 
Independent
Telegraph
The Sun
Mirror
Daily Star

UK election 2019 manifestos pressure groups

RNIB

CPRE countryside

29 Women’s and Equality Organisations launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’

Sutton Trust Social Mobility manifesto

NAHT schools manifest

RSPH Public Health Manifesto 2019

Parties must reignite business confidence and investment at this election, says British Chambers of Commerce

Maker Uk - Manufacturers 
Institute of Directors - Business environment manifesto

Jeremy Corbyn’s plan for uncontrolled and unlimited immigration - Conservative Research department. 

IFS analysis of Labour Party Tax proposals - 20/11/2019

HEPI - Higher education policy

Institute of Directors


Political leaders must solve social problems leaving children ‘scarred for life- Barnardos

Privatisation of NHS contracts worth £15bn since 2015 – GMB union.

Kings Fund

Boris is the winner- get the reactions with our free links

Boris Johnson has become the newt prime minister
37% of those polled by YouGov were dismayed.
Take a look at our earlier post on the leadership election.
Official statement on the number of votes cast is on the Conservative Party website
Boris Johnson Twitter statement
Jeremy Hunt response
Labour Party response
Libdems response
Nicola Sturgeon response
Sutton Trust comment on the new cabinet.

CBI - business manifesto for the new prime minister
Institute of Directors statement
TUC trade unions

EU response - Michel Barnier
Jean-Claude Juncker

Greek elections get some facts

This weekend Greek citizens have been voting in a snap election.

For the latest information try the Greek Parliament website

this also has in English information on electoral regulations


For recent news coverage see
Kathimerini

Guardian

Washington Post

New York Times

MacroPolis is an independent analysis service providing daily insight on key political, economic and social developments in Greece.

Background information on the elections and previous polls

Bloomberg primer

ElectionGuide is provided by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems has information on 16 recent elections in Greece. This includes dates, voter turnout and seats won by individual party.

Europe Elects - this is a is a data collection platform of electoral surveys from countries in the European Union and has predictions and analysis from independent experts

Academic analysis

Clingendael - the Netherlands Institute of International RelationsAristides Hatzis' blog on Greek Crisis

The Greek Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of the UK’s Political Studies Association (PSA)

Background on Greek economic and political conditions

CIA Fact book a basic free introduction to the Greek economic, politics, and geography.

Hellenic Observatory at LSE
Recent reports include papers from the The 9th HO PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus, 15 June 2019

Economist - articles and reports some subscription based.

European Commission surveillance reports EU financial assistance to Greece

IMF Country reports on Greece

Conservative Party Leadership contest get some facts

The news has recently been dominated by the Conservative leadership contest.

Get up to speed with
the Atlantic's  Cheatsheet on the candidates and why they want to win!
The House of Commons Library has produced a really useful Briefing paper on the rules governing the contest and background history on their implementation and past races.

Candidate's websites.
Jeremy Hunt
Boris Johnson

Official Conservative Party website has links to hustings and some information.

Key blogs
ConservativeHome
Spectator Coffee House
Conversation- Academic comment

News websites
New Statesman
Guardian
BBC
Telegraph
FT
Daily Mirror
Sun
Daily Mail

 Comment from other organisations.

New Economics Foundation

 CBI

IFS costing Boris Johnson tax policies. costing of Hunt's policies

Institute Government

has a useful briefing paper on the transition to a new prime minister with insight from previous office holders on the organisation

Tracing academic analysis of the European elections? Try these free resources.

Junk news during the elections - Computational Propaganda Project
find out if misinformation is occurring

Europe at a Glance: Studies and Analyses on the European Elections - Bertelsmann Stiftung
Includes regular opinion polls and ratings on what citizens think of Europe

European Council on Foreign Relations
this press release says voters are fearful for the election

Carnegie Europe Briefing
The Conversation - UK academic blog
European Sources Online
European Election Studies data and reports on analysis of manifestos, voter intentions and attitudes . Good for long term trends 1979-2014
Europe Elects predictions and seat analysis from non-partisan team

European Election Stats.
Site created by Camille Borrett and Moritz Laurer  recent postgraduates in European affairs from SciencesPo Paris, Free University of Berlin and University of East Anglia, includes an open data hub with media text mining and seat predictions.

What UK thinks EU - analysis of public attitudes in the UK John Curtice

European Elections newspaper coverage

Junk News during the EU elections- Computational Propaganda Project

avoid it by using these sources!

Explore the coverage from these major news services.

BBC
Deutsche Welle
Economist
FT
Guardian
Independent
Irish Times
Mirror
Le Monde
El Pais
Spectator
La Stampa
The Sun
Telegraph

European Elections- get started with these links

European elections are taking place this week

the EU has provided some guidance for citizens on the role of the EU and why and how they should vote

See What does Europe do for me? to browse examples by region of EU funded programmes (includes the UK!)

Thistimeimvoting EU - voter education documents

The Election Commission website provides insight into the regulations and timing for the UK.

Read the Manifestos from UK parties

Brexit Party Manifesto

Change Uk

Conservative Party Manifesto- general

DUP

Green Party

Labour

LibDems

Plaid Cymru

Sinn Fein

UKIP

Australia elections -were the results a miracle? Find out more

Australia elections
Last week Elections were help in Australia were the results a miracle?

Australian Electoral Commission: 2019 federal election
has the official results and background information on the regulations

Newspaper coverage
Check these sites for polls, comment and analysis
ABC News
Guardian UK
Daily Telegraph Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian
Western Australian
Crickey- independent news site

Polls and analysis

Poll Bludger 2019 William Bowe
Tally Room blog by Ben Raue

Analysis
The Conversation blog
Lowry Interpreter blog published by the Lowry Institute
Griffith University Below the line election analysis
Australian National University Coverage includes podcasts, election data dashboards
and a Vote smart feature
APO Analysis aggregates content from over 600 organisations including universities and think tanks
Explore longer term trends in voter behaviour and attitudes using the Australian Election Studies website. It also includes some interactive charts

South Africa elections - get some facts

This week elections have taken place in South Africa.
The electoral commission has an official website with information on the electoral system, candidates and regulations . Results will be posted here.
For recent polls try ipsos
Alternatively see what people were searching for Google Trends as the most popular recent searches in South Africa

 Newspaper coverage

these include news stories, polls and analysis

 UK Guardian

The Times South Africa
The South African
Analysis from academic staff (mainly UK based ) the Conversation
All Africa. com

Fighting misinformation

Find out if it is an issue in the elections by reading these useful resources.

An account of what Google is doing 
AfricaCheck activities including analysis of specific manifesto promises

Reports from election observers.

Including assessment of the conduct of the elections

EISA South Africa

SADC
African Union
Corruption Watch has reports on the state of democracy and transparency in government
For historic information on observations of past elections see the Ace Project website

local government elections 2019- get up to speed with these links

Local elections in the United Kingdom are scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2019, contesting 248 English local councils, six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland

Use the BBC postcode database to see if they are taking place in your area.

Your Vote matters provides more detailed official information from the Electoral Commission

Their official website has research reports on election registration and past results. It also has a handbook for journalists with basic facts about the elections

the House of Commons Library blog also has some good basic background to the elections

Democratic Audit has created a dashboard with information for votes.

Their main website also has some academic discussion of the issues

News coverage

FT
Telegraph
BBC
Belfast telegraph

Analysis
LGIU news and analysis
Conservative Home blog
Left Foot Forward
Britain elects poll analysis
Slogger O'toole NI
Institute for Government
Economist
Conversation blog
Fawcett society lack of female candidates 

Historic election data 

for historic elections data see the Elections centre University of Plymouth
it provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends and results from 1991-2011


Take a look at some great examples of digital posters from our 1907 London County council elections.

Ukraine elections - get some facts

The final results are now on the central election committee website
or earlier posting has links to the main observers.

Official website of campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky gives some insight into his thought and campaign
Володимир Зеленський

many reactions have discussed populism

commentary on the rise of this populist figure from European Council on Foreign relations

Euromaidan has discussion of the forms of populism in Ukraine.

the Conversation also has discussion of his popularity and its possible implications.