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Mapping election results
Just a quick post about a small project I've been working on this weekend! I've made a zoomable, colour-coded map of the EU referendum...


EU attitudes - a change in political weather?
Earlier today the Times published quite a startling poll by YouGov. Ever since the referendum they've kept a tracking poll ticking over...


Post-election polling
Time for one last politics post before I leave Durham tomorrow! Various polling companies have started to pick up their series again, so...


Polling post-mortem
Final vote shares are: CON: 42.4% LAB: 40.2% LIB: 7.1% SNP: 3.1% UKIP: 1.9% Green: 1.6% Remember this plot? So, while both the two...


Last polls!
All the final polls are through, including from some companies we haven't heard from so much, which has actually made the spread appear...


Uncertainty and the Election
Nothing momentous to relate today, but with a few days to go it looks as if the polls have levelled off, so public opinion may have found...
Predicting constituency results - a tough problem
So, the Times has published a prediction that the Conservatives will LOSE seats on June 9th, creating a hung parliament. Obviously, there...
City of Durham Hustings
I went to a City of Durham constituency hustings (kindly hosted by Ustinov College), so you don't have to! Not all the candidates were...


Labour's rising poll share
Huge excitement over YouGov's most recent poll, which shows a Conservative lead of 5%. This is somewhat totemic, as it's the smallest...


UKIP in freefall
Three weeks to go! Many, many polls in the final few weeks so I've updated the running average, which now reflects the interesting...
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