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local government elections 2019- get up to speed with these links<https://electionsinthenews.blogspot.com/2019/05/local-government-elections-2019-get-up.html> Local elections in the United Kingdom are taking place today contesting 248 English local councils, six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland Use the BBC postcode database to see<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47940159> if they are taking place in your area. Your Vote matters<https://www.yourvotematters.co.uk/> provides more detailed official information from the Electoral Commission Their official website<https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/our-research> has research reports on election registration and past results. It also has a handbook for journalists with basic facts about the elections<https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/journalist/resources-for-media/media-handbook-local-government-elections-in-england-2019> the House of Commons Library blog<https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/where-are-local-elections-taking-place-in-england/> also has some good basic background to the elections Democratic Audit<http://democraticdashboard.com/elections/english-local-elections-2019> has created a dashboard with information for votes. Their main website also has some academic discussion of the issues<http://www.democraticaudit.com/> News coverage FT<https://www.ft.com/stream/950ef470-0831-4b48-b523-2c4678617a4c> Telegraph<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/01/local-elections-2019-time-do-polls-open-tomorrow-will-know-results/> BBC<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/ceeqy0e9894t/england-local-elections-2019> Belfast telegraph<https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/local-elections-2019/> Analysis LGIU news and analysis<https://www.lgiu.org.uk/2019/04/30/le2019-live/> Conservative Home blog<https://www.conservativehome.com/tag/local-elections-general> Left Foot Forward<https://leftfootforward.org/> Britain elects poll analysis<http://britainelects.com/2019/04/28/long-read-the-2019-local-elections/> Slogger O'toole<https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/04/16/council-elections-2019-all-you-need-to-know-part-ii/> NI Institute for Government<https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/five-things-you-should-know-you-vote-english-local-elections> Economist<https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/04/27/three-hundred-english-councillors-will-be-elected-unopposed> Conversation blog<https://theconversation.com/local-elections-disaster-for-local-democracy-as-hundreds-of-seats-go-uncontested-115874> Fawcett society lack of female candidates <https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/News/lack-of-women-candidates-in-local-elections-puts-councils-behind-the-times> Historic election data for historic elections data see the Elections centre University of Plymouth<http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/> it provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends and results from 1991-2011<http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3684> Take a look at some great examples of digital posters from the LSE 1907 London County council<https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/posters/londoncountycouncilelection1907#images> elections. Heather Dawson [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEACHING-POLITICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=TEACHING-POLITICS&A=1