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Query DemocracyClub EveryElection — the canonical list of every UK election (Westminster, devolved, mayoral, local, PCCs, parishes) with stable election IDs and the organisations / divisions they're held in. Use when the question is about which elections are scheduled or have happened on a date, or to look up the canonical id (e.g. `parl.2024-07-04`) for joining to other DC datasets. Pairs with dc-candidates.

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name	dc-elections
description	Query DemocracyClub EveryElection — the canonical list of every UK election (Westminster, devolved, mayoral, local, PCCs, parishes) with stable election IDs and the organisations / divisions they're held in. Use when the question is about which elections are scheduled or have happened on a date, or to look up the canonical id (e.g. `parl.2024-07-04`) for joining to other DC datasets. Pairs with dc-candidates.
license	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (DemocracyClub)
metadata	{"facility":"dc-elections","cli-alias":"elections","base-url":"https://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api","provenance":{"tier":3,"operator":"DemocracyClub","service":"elections.democracyclub.org.uk","upstream-data":"Election notices published by returning officers + DC's own additions for declared / scheduled future elections","citation-short":"via DemocracyClub EveryElection","citation-formal":"DemocracyClub EveryElection, retrieved {date}, CC BY-SA 4.0","confidence":"derived","confidence-notes":"Canonical for ID generation. Each election has provenance back to a returning-officer notice (PDF/HTML) where one exists."}}

DemocracyClub EveryElection

Base URL: https://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/

Group codes

Group	What
`parl`	UK Parliament Westminster
`local`	Local council
`mayor`	Directly-elected mayor
`pcc`	Police and Crime Commissioner
`sp`	Scottish Parliament
`naw`	Welsh Senedd (legacy slug)
`nia`	NI Assembly
`gla`	London Assembly
`parish`	Parish / community council
`ref`	Referendum

CLI

parl elections list --group parl --date 2024-07-04
parl elections list --election-id parl.2024-07-04
parl elections get parl.holborn-and-st-pancras.2024-07-04
parl elections organisations --organisation-type local-authority
parl elections types

Join to dc-candidates

DC EveryElection ids are the keys used in dc-candidates ballots — parl candidates ballots --election-id parl.2024-07-04 enumerates the candidates of that election.

Provenance to cite

Tier 3 — third-party (DemocracyClub).

Inline cite: "(via DemocracyClub EveryElection)" — once per paragraph.
For high-stakes statements about candidates / poll dates, prefer the returning officer's notice (linked in each election's notice_of_election field) over DC itself.
See ../../docs/provenance.md.

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name	dc-elections
description	Query DemocracyClub EveryElection — the canonical list of every UK election (Westminster, devolved, mayoral, local, PCCs, parishes) with stable election IDs and the organisations / divisions they're held in. Use when the question is about which elections are scheduled or have happened on a date, or to look up the canonical id (e.g. `parl.2024-07-04`) for joining to other DC datasets. Pairs with dc-candidates.
license	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (DemocracyClub)
metadata	{"facility":"dc-elections","cli-alias":"elections","base-url":"https://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api","provenance":{"tier":3,"operator":"DemocracyClub","service":"elections.democracyclub.org.uk","upstream-data":"Election notices published by returning officers + DC's own additions for declared / scheduled future elections","citation-short":"via DemocracyClub EveryElection","citation-formal":"DemocracyClub EveryElection, retrieved {date}, CC BY-SA 4.0","confidence":"derived","confidence-notes":"Canonical for ID generation. Each election has provenance back to a returning-officer notice (PDF/HTML) where one exists."}}

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Group codes

Group	What
`parl`	UK Parliament Westminster
`local`	Local council
`mayor`	Directly-elected mayor
`pcc`	Police and Crime Commissioner
`sp`	Scottish Parliament
`naw`	Welsh Senedd (legacy slug)
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parl elections list --group parl --date 2024-07-04
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Join to dc-candidates

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Provenance to cite

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Inline cite: "(via DemocracyClub EveryElection)" — once per paragraph.
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See ../../docs/provenance.md.