The Ballotin

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Dear [%first_name | Democracy Club supporter%]

Election day is next Thursday. Voters in England, Scotland and Wales will go to the polls in an extremely complex set of elections. Most will have at least two ballot papers; some may have as many as five or six

Our candidate finder at WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk covers all GB elections above parish level.

Our polling station finder at WhereDoIVote.co.uk covers the vast majority of GB council areas, including all areas in Wales, Scotland and London.

The election: candidates

Enormous thanks to all those who took part in our crowdsourcing efforts at the start of the month. Our database of English local election candidates was completed in record time - we had a full list by Tuesday 13th.

There are a total of 21,369 candidacies across all GB elections on 6 May.

We’ve produced a briefing on the English local election candidates.

Our data has recently been cited by The Guardian.

Continued work on WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk

We’re seeing a lot of interest in the upcoming elections - WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk is currently receiving tens of thousands of visitors a day. We’ve continued to work on improving the site, and have just deployed a change to ballot pages which will make the website easier to use and understand.

Let us know what you think by using the feedback forms after you have searched your postcode on WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk

The election: polling stations

We’re delighted to announce that, for the first time ever, Democracy Club’s polling station finder covers all council areas in Scotland (4764 stations), Wales (2329 stations) and Greater London (3888 stations).

Over the last three months, we have partnered with The Electoral Commission, London Elects, and local government electoral services teams to collect polling station data for WhereDoIVote.co.uk.The result has been our best-ever coverage on the finder. It now covers 278 of 371 GB council areas, and we’re expecting to crack 300 by the end of this week.

See the full list of councils covered by the finder here.

Try the finder for yourself at WhereDoIVote.co.uk.

Want your website to offer the same information? Our finder can be embedded into any website for free.

Spread the word and make a plan to vote!

All the best,

The Democracy Club Team