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# Psephology.AI

> Independent, non-partisan database of UK election results, with a page for every candidate, ward, council, constituency, party and election, and plain-English analysis reports.

## Coverage (live)
- Years: 1889–2026, 138 years (local elections from 1889)
- Votes counted: 1,877,363,495
- Elections: 1,557
- Individual candidate results: 1,196,896
- Candidates (people, after identity matching): 705,272
- Councils: 1,422; wards and electoral areas: 56,601; constituencies: 2,048
- Parties: 2,886

## About and trust
- [About](https://psephology.ai/about): who runs Psephology.AI; founders Ian Naylor and Cllr Christopher Grocock; non-partisan
- [Methodology](https://psephology.ai/methodology): sources, candidate matching, boundary changes, known gaps
- [Coverage](https://psephology.ai/coverage): live counts
- [How to cite](https://psephology.ai/how-to-cite)
- [Ask in plain English](https://psephology.ai/ask)

## Browse
- [All elections](https://psephology.ai/explore/elections)
- [Areas: country → region → council → ward](https://psephology.ai/explore/geographic)
- [Parties](https://psephology.ai/explore/parties)
- [Candidates](https://psephology.ai/explore/candidates)

## Insights
- [Local Election Proxy for Constituency Trends](https://psephology.ai/insights/local-election-proxy): A running read on every Westminster seat, between general elections.
- [Council Cycle Cohort Trends](https://psephology.ai/insights/council-cycle-trends): How councils that vote in the same years move together, cycle over cycle.
- [Mayoral Mandate Against the Ballot Box](https://psephology.ai/insights/mayoral-mandate-check): Does the metro mayor's mandate still match how their area actually votes?
- [Bucking the Trend](https://psephology.ai/insights/bucking-the-trend): The wards, councils and candidates that move against everyone around them.
- [Swing Explorer](https://psephology.ai/insights/swing-explorer): Pick a party, pick two elections, and see which areas moved — and by how much.
- [Recruitment Signal](https://psephology.ai/insights/recruitment-signal): Who is outrunning their own party locally — and where the organisation is strongest.
- [Party Performance Over Time](https://psephology.ai/insights/party-performance-over-time): Pick a party and see every election it has fought, across the UK or in any place.
- [By-election Vote Tracker](https://psephology.ai/insights/byelection-vote-tracker): How each party is doing in council by-elections, compared with the last time the same ward voted.
- [Council Control and Majorities](https://psephology.ai/insights/council-control): Who runs every council, by how much, and how close each majority is to falling.
- [Election Health and Fragmentation](https://psephology.ai/insights/election-health): How competitive local elections are: choice on the ballot, uncontested seats, winners' shares and how many parties really compete.
- [Election Previews and Target Wards](https://psephology.ai/insights/previews-target-wards): For every council's next elections: which wards each party needs, and where control would change hands.
- [May Seat Projections](https://psephology.ai/insights/may-seat-projections): Set how much each party's vote moves and see the seats and control that follow, council by council.
- [Notional Results](https://psephology.ai/insights/notional-results): What past elections would have looked like on today's boundaries, so changes are measured like for like.

## Videos
- [Election videos](https://psephology.ai/videos): short data videos on by-election previews and results, insight explainers and product updates. Each has a transcript and is free to use with credit.

## URL structure
- Candidate: https://psephology.ai/explore/candidates/<slug>
- Ward, constituency or council: https://psephology.ai/explore/geographic/<slug>
- Election: https://psephology.ai/explore/elections/<slug> (e.g. local-elections-2022, uk-general-election-2024)
- Party: https://psephology.ai/explore/parties/<slug>
- Insight report: https://psephology.ai/insights/<slug>
- Every page includes a server-rendered summary and results table.
- Sitemap: https://psephology.ai/sitemap.xml