Local Council Candidate Election Data

Project date: 1 June 2024

Project link: https://democracyclub.org.uk/data_apis/data/

These file downloads contain a row for each candidate per election. The candidate’s name and party are drawn from the official nomination papers. All other information is added by Democracy Club or our volunteers. This additional information includes geographic data, contact details, and demographic information such as age.

Each candidate is assigned a unique ID number, allowing for candidacies to be tracked across time.

The database covers all General Elections since 2010, all local and devolved elections since 2016, and all by-elections since May 2017. It does not include town or parish councils. At present we only collect votes cast for First-Past-the-Post elections.

Please be aware that the files are updated hourly, and are liable to undergo rapid change during busy periods.