Tag: Electoral results

• Does rain keep Britain at home?

  

  Every UK general election since 1945, seat by seat, against the rain that fell while the polls were open. Wetter seats saw turnout about 0.1 points lower per millimetre, but with only 22 elections that is not established, and there is no sign that rain helps any party.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, Chance test, elections, Electoral results, Present day, Twentieth century, UK, weather and climate

• Does a local MP get a local bonus?

  

  Parties now pick far more local candidates. Across every MP elected since 1832, being born near the seat wins about 1.3 points more of the vote, but has not made local MPs any less likely to lose.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Birthplaces, Britain, elections, Electoral results, Georgian, Parliament, political parties, Present day, Twentieth century, UK, Victorian

• The war dead and the rise of Labour: did the places that lost most men turn left?

  

  I set the names on Britain’s First World War memorials against every election from 1906 to 1924. Places with more names swung less to Labour, not more.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, elections, Electoral results, First World War, history, political parties, Twentieth century, UK, war

• Who won here? Every UK general election since 1832 on one map

  

  All 49 UK general elections from 1832 to 2024 on one map: 31,736 seats, the forgotten uncontested elections, the Liberal fall, the four nations and the Red Wall.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, elections, Electoral results, Georgian, history, maps, Parliament, political parties, Present day, Twentieth century, UK, Victorian