Author: kathryn
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How do DUP policies stack up?
The DUP have agreed to support Theresa May without forming a coalition. Their 10 MPs take the Conservatives over the 326 seat line to form a government by 2 seats. But how do their views compare across key issues? Through the general election campaign we analysed all the main party manifestos, and have add the…
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A hung Parliament: which parties most agree?
During the election campaign, we analysed the main party manifestos across over 160 statements and policies. The purpose: to help voters find their best match and have their say on the key issues. In doing so we could also show how much the parties agreed or disagreed with each other. You can compare them individually…
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Which political party leaders do voters trust?
Today I’ve begun to look at the insights beginning to form from our ‘Who should I vote for?’ survey. With over 120 questions, the survey covers key policy areas based on the main UK political party manifestos. As well as helping people to decide on which party best matches their values we will be sending the aggregated…
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Where do you stand on immigration?
In the run up to the UK general election Represent will be helping you have your say on key issues. First up, immigration.
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Healing divided societies: can open government work?
It’s easy to put people in boxes, to presume we know why and what they think. With the recent rise in inequality, there has been a fracturing of societies in Europe and the United States, in such a background, what works in building dialogue and bridging divides? And how can internet-based social networks to build…
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Good schools for everyone report
For the last month we’ve been inviting you to have your say on the future of schools in England so that your ideas can be included in the Department of Education’s policy proposals. We’re really pleased to say that your votes and ideas have have now been submitted to the department. 2,937 people 8,398 votes…
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Have Your Say On The Future Of Schools In England
>>> Ready to have your say? Start here. The UK government has put together a new set of ideas (PDF) for making more good school places available for everyone in England. You may have heard about them recently through the grammar school debate. That’s covered, but also faith schools and the role of universities and private schools in…
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Briefing notes: Devolution in England
An occasional series where we publish briefing notes we’ve put together for our own internal use that we think might be useful to others. What does devolution in England mean? Unlike in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the whole country or principality was given devolved powers, England is being given devolved powers at a…
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Thank you! Your responses on food waste have been sent to Parliament
Thank you to everyone who contributed to questions on food waste! We compiled all your responses and sent a report to the Food Waste in England Inquiry, run by the UK Parliamentary Committee for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. You cast a total of 4,583 votes and made 36 comments. Comments came from across the…
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Event notes: Our Future Together – the power of myth and vision
Whether you voted for Leave or Remain, the EU Referendum results have shown we need new ways to work together, to listen to each other, to discuss and debate and vote and take action. With this in mind, we held an open event at our new offices on 27 June: Our Future Together, London. After…
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Behind the scenes of: ‘How do you compare with Theresa May?’
‘How do you compare with Theresa May?‘ is a new collection of questions we launched yesterday. In this post I aim to explain how we went about creating it, some of the challenges doing so poses and how we plan to answer those. What we did To create the collection ‘How do you compare with…
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Introducing… Collections (aka: how to make a quiz on Represent)
Yesterday we launched a collection of questions that allowed users to compare themselves with the views and policies of the, now, UK prime minister Theresa May. We’ve done a few comparison quizzes like this before, for the London Mayoral elections and for the EU Referendum. Crafting these first quizzes was was a little time consuming…