Tips for foreigners watching the UK election.

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For older election results:

www.election.demon.co.uk

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For older election results:

www.election.demon.co.uk

That site is just amazing. Want obscure election facts - look there

True. When I asked the guy who runs it whether I could use the constituency maps on the site, he sent me bigger versions :-)

And on that subject: www.freewebs.com/electionmaps
Sorry it's not been updated for a while... but I've finally found the file I keep the maps on, so 1974(feb) will be finished soon.

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Al, where do you get election results for individual constituencies before 1983 from?

I picked up a load of old yearbooks and stuff in a bargin bin. Very useful. Sadly I can't find anything before 1966... (I'd love to do 1964... a major re-aligning election IMO) I know that someone published every single constituency result from the 1830's in huge volumes, but they are extremely expensive and often out of print.

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I've heard rumors that the election will probably be held in May.  When would they have to announce if this is true?

Depends if the Cabinet want a short or long campaign

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Al, where do you get election results for individual constituencies before 1983 from?

I picked up a load of old yearbooks and stuff in a bargin bin. Very useful. Sadly I can't find anything before 1966... (I'd love to do 1964... a major re-aligning election IMO) I know that someone published every single constituency result from the 1830's in huge volumes, but they are extremely expensive and often out of print.

Al, I think you can get the constituency results for the October 1964 election on this site:

http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm

Don't think it is possible before this date though :-)

Cool!
Nice to see that Dennis Potter did better than I thought he did