Political Science Resources: British General Election, 2010

Full summary results are here and detailed constituency results can be found here

Parties, candidates, and the election

Candidates  Constituency list  Declaration times  DEMREF 2010  Election broadcasts schedule  Election Blogs & Forums  Election Law & Fraud  Election Timetable

Electoral Commission  Hustings.com  Leaders' Debate format  Manifestos: Parties  Manifestos: Interest Groups  MPs affected by expenses  Party funding  Party websites (national)

Party websites (local)  PPC websites  PSR Election blog  Registered Political Parties  Retiring MPs  TheyWorkForYou.com  ukpollingreport Seat Profiles  YourNextMP

Polls, predictions, statistics, and tactical voting

2005 election results  2005 Marginals  BBC Poll Tracker  D Telegraph political map  Elections Meter  Electoral Calculus  First Past the Post  Google search statistics  If tactical voting explodes ..  Ipsos MORI polls  Market Oracle forecast

New Statesman Poll Guide  Oddschecker  OLBG betting odds  OS Election maps  Paddy Power odds  Politics Home Electoral Index  Pooling the Polls  PR Election Dashboard  Sky News election map  Robert Smithson forecast

Swing  Tactical voting  Target Seats for each party  Times Interactive Map  Tweetlection  Tweetminster  UK Polling Report  UK Psephologist  Voter Power: marginality  Vote Match  YouGov archives

Hung Parliament

A 'hung Parliament' is one where no political party has an overall majority, and thus no party can reliably get its legislation through Parliament without the support of at least one other party

Benefits of a hung Parl  Cabinet Office guidance  Charter 2010  Coalition & Minority Govt  Don't be afraid of a hung Parl  Financial effects

Impact of a Hung Parliament  Hang'em  Hung Parliament, N Statesman  Hung Parliaments, H of C Note  Making Minority Govt Work  No Overall Control?, review

Planning for a hung Parliament  Scenario Planning  Scots advise on hung Parl  Vote for a Change  What is a hung Parliament?  What happens if a hung Parl?  What would a hung Parl mean?

Newspaper and TV general election sites

BBC College of Journalism  BBC Election 2010  Channel 4 Factcheck  Channel 4 Vote 2010  Draft BBC Election Guidelines

FT.com  Guardian election page  Mail Online  News Now

Press Association  Reuters  Sky News  Telegraph election page  UK Election News

Other election sites and information

2010 General Election, news  About my vote  Advice for Independents  An election of three halves  Ask the Climate Question  Blair: election 2010  British Election Study  Chilcot Iraq Inquiry  Conservatives Intouch  Conservative iPhone App  Criteria for PEBs  Democracy Club  EC Guidance for Candidates  Election Debates

Election Law Channel  How will BBC cover election?  Justice Ministry guidance  Key Seats: The Hustings  LibDems Flock Together  LibDem iPhone App  LibDem manifesto process  LibDems 4 Parliament  Local elections in 2010  mumsnet election page  MyDavidCameron.com  MyLabourPosters  One of the Above, IoS

Party Election Broadcasts  PEBs: Ofcom rules  Pits n Pots, Stoke election info  Power2010  Progressive Parliament Network  Sack the Parties  SCVO: Charities and Elections  Take Back Parliament  The Straight Choice (leaflets)  Strategic voting scholarship  Tamar Political Search Index  UK National Debt Clock  Vote Geek  Voting & Elections, DirectGov

British (UK) General Election 2010

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Last Modified: 29 May 10