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  1. 🗳️ Local elections are taking place in all areas of Northern Ireland on Thursday (18 May).

    🔊 Spread the word! Voters can find their candidate list and polling station at whocanivotefor.co.uk/!

    #UKpolitics #localelections #NorthernIreland #le2023

  2. 🧮 807 candidates are standing in the 18 May Northern Ireland local elections.

    👀 Find out who's on your ballot at whocanivotefor.co.uk/

    #LocalElections #UKpolitics #NorthernIreland #LE2023

  3. Where are the political parties strongest?

    Using our candidate database, we've mapped the council areas where each party is standing a full slate of candidates in the 4 May English local elections (230 councils total).

    Conservatives: 147/230.
    Labour: 121/230.
    Liberal Democrats: 59/230.
    Green Party: 40/230.

    Visit our blog to see an interactive map of major party candidates: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2023

    See who's on your ballot at WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk 🗳️

    #LocalElections #UKpolitics #LE2023

  4. On 4 May, slightly over 8,000 councillors will be elected across England.

    Proportion of seats contested by the major political parties:

    93% - Conservative
    77% - Labour
    59% - Liberal Democrats
    41% - Green

    However, there are some important regional variations, as the table below shows. Labour are the largest party across Northern England, while the Liberal Democrats are in second place in the South West.

    Find out more on our blog: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2023

    #UKpolitics
    #LocalElections
    #LE2023

  5. 🗳️ Our amazing volunteers spent last week collecting and double-checking candidate lists for the 4 May English local elections.

    👀 Thanks to their hard work, you can find your ballot paper with nothing more than your postcode: whocanivotefor.co.uk/

    🧮 25,751 candidates are standing for 8,095 seats in the English local elections on 4 May.

    📊 Get the details in our data summary (or download the data yourself!).

    democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2023

    #UKpolitics
    #LocalElections
    #LE2023