Despatch Box
The Despatch Box
Live, regularly updated data and case studies on who holds power, how Britain votes, how the parties are doing and how people take part between elections.
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Who holds power?
The government and Shadow Cabinet post by post, the House of Lords as the chamber sits, and the make-up of the Commons, the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
How Britain voted
General elections, referendums, devolved elections and regional mayors: the results, how different groups voted and the factors that explain each outcome.
How the parties are doing
Current polling, membership since 1945 and party finances for the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, the Greens and the SNP.
Participation beyond the ballot box
Pressure groups and think tanks with case studies, the most-signed e-petitions, citizens’ assemblies and every recall petition.