📢Local election candidate lists are being published on local authority websites across England, and we need your help to collect them all! Here’s how you can get involved… 🧵

🏛️ 230 councils. 🪑 8,000 council seats. 👤 25,750 candidates. ✍️ 28 million voters. 🗳️ 18,400 polling places. Polls are open 7am-10pm in today's English local elections! Find your polling station at WhereDoIVote.co.uk!

🔔Polls are closed! 📈In the last 22 hours we have processed 1.5 million postcode searches from the UK public! 🦸 Enormous thanks to the electoral administrators and volunteers who made this possible! 🌟

A fantastic idea from Kirklees Democracy to have school students visit an election count - we hope everyone is enjoying their field trip 🗳️😄

It's #StrongerThings day today - and the perfect time to share what we New Citizen Project have been plotting with the lovely New Local folks If you work for a council, or know anyone who does, I'd love you to tag / share this with them Read on... 😁 medium.com/new-citizenshi…

How can we kickstart democratic innovation in councils? Join Dr Catherine Howe, Chief Exec of Adur & Worthing Councils. Hear about the potential impacts & opportunities of new technologies & new trends in citizen participation. 📅8th March ⏰12.30-1.30pm ow.ly/jcA050QHjLY

Voter Registration Week is here! 🚀🤩 With millions still missing from the electoral roll, we all have a part to play in ensuring that people don't miss out on casting their vote 🗳️ 👀 Look out for exciting updates and get involved by using #VoterRegistrationWeek

🚀We’re hiring! Could you be our first ever Chief Executive of ADSO? We're a local democracy membership organisation which is growing in scale, influence and impact. Can you help to deliver on our ambitious plans? ⏰ Deadline 16 May ✅Apply now ow.ly/4mXl50RihxU

10,248 candidates are standing in the English local elections this year. Which ward has the longest ballot paper? Where are the parties strongest - and weakest? Are independents more common in the North or South? Answers in our latest blog: democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/04/2…

Today is #Elections2024 🗳️ Voting is currently underway across England and Wales to elect more than 2,000 councillors, mayors, PCCs, London Assembly Members and an MP. We’ve compiled a short list of resources & activities happening today that you might find useful.

🗳️Polls are closed! In the last 22 hours we have processed 1.5 million postcode searches from the UK public! Enormous thanks to the electoral administrators and volunteers who made this possible! ✨

We’re delighted to welcome children from Westmoor Primary School in Dewsbury to the Kirklees election count.🗳️ Young citizens have been taking part in activities here today, as part of our #DemocracyFriendly schools programme. #LocalElections2024 democracyfriendly.org.uk

We were thrilled to welcome some of our amazing Kirklees Youth Councillors from ColneValleyHigh to explore the local election count with us today. 🗳️ #DemocracyFriendly #LocalElections2024

The results everyone's been waiting for! We processed 2.3 million postcode searches between Monday and Friday, and over five million since 1 April. Thanks again to everyone who helped make this one of our most successful elections yet. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/05/0…

The Return of Notwestminster💚 notwestminster2025.eventbrite.com We are a community connected by hope. Please help us to share this in more hopeful social media spaces. Thank you.💚

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