British elections

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:devolvedBodies gptkb:Northern_Ireland_Assembly
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Welsh_Parliament_(Senedd)
London Assembly
gptkbp:electoralRoll maintained by local authorities
gptkbp:firstElection 1802
gptkbp:firstSecretBallot 1872
gptkbp:frequency varies by election type
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Electoral_Commission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British elections
gptkbp:include gptkb:European_Parliament_elections
local elections
general elections
devolved administration elections
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Commons
House of Lords (not elected)
gptkbp:minimumVotingAge 18
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:1945_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:2016_Brexit_referendum
gptkb:1979_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:1997_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:2010_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:2015_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkb:Green_Party
gptkb:Ulster_Unionist_Party
gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkb:Plaid_Cymru
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkb:Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Democratic_Unionist_Party
gptkb:Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party
gptkbp:postalVoting permitted
gptkbp:proxyVoting permitted
gptkbp:referendumsHeld gptkb:2011_Alternative_Vote_referendum
gptkb:2014_Scottish_independence_referendum
1975 European Communities membership referendum
2016 European Union membership referendum
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act
gptkbp:sufragio 1918 (partial)
1928 (equal)
gptkbp:voterIDRequirement introduced in 2023 for England
gptkbp:votingSystem gptkb:Single_transferable_vote
First-past-the-post
Proportional representation
Additional member system
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Social_Geography_of_British_Elections_1885-1910
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7