Hello!

Welcome to the July 2024 edition of Democracy Club’s regular newsletter. All past emails are accessible in an online archive.

General election stats

The 2024 general election was our most successful ever. Between the announcement of the election on 22 May and close of poll on 4 July, our elections database processed 14.5 million postcode searches from the UK public, 5.5 million of which came between 1 and 4 July. You can find out how many searches we had in your constituency on our blog.

Not only were people coming to us in droves, but they found what they were looking for, too. We had record user satisfaction ratings of 86% on Who Can I Vote For, due in large part to the fantastic work of our volunteers, who ensured that our candidate database was more detailed than ever before.

We’ll publish a full report on our general election in the coming weeks.

Who won? And who else represents you?

We’re excited to launch a new feature on Who Can I Vote For which gives you information about elected organisations and representatives in your area. Not only your new MP, but also members of devolved parliaments, mayors, councillors and more. This is the first published part of our work towards a comprehensive representatives database. You can read more about this project on our blog, and give the tool a go on Who Can I Vote For. More soon!

How healthy is our electoral system?

“Our current system is difficult to understand and navigate. Recent changes have bolted 21st century user experiences on to 19th century infrastructure, too often leaving electors frustrated or disappointed.” That’s the view of the Association of Electoral Administrators, who have sent a letter to the new government outlining their concerns regarding the state of the UK electoral system. Read the letter.

Election results

If you haven’t already had enough general election analysis, our friends at the House of Commons Library have recently published a concise summary of the results on their website.

What's next?

Our priorities over the next few months will be gearing up for the May local elections - not only maintenance and improvements to our existing services, but also a complete overhaul of ElectionLeaflets.org. Watch this space!

Have a great August!

All the best,

The Democracy Club Team