General Election 97

A bot live-tweeting the UK General Election 1997, as it happened.
By @puntofisso.

[Giuseppe Sollazzo @puntofisso]

In 2018 (so far), the Lords have taken over the Commons in mentions of "Europe" during debates
#Hansard #ddj #opendata

https://t.co/35G6MV5Cho

[Giuseppe Sollazzo @puntofisso]

Update: Parli-N-Grams, my search engine for word frequencies in parliamentary debates, now also exposes House of Lords #Hansard data
#ddj

This time with a link: https://t.co/71LVr6SNir

H/T @TheyWorkForYou @UKParliData

[Giuseppe Sollazzo @puntofisso]

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I give you PACS-MAN - the #videogame.

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I've created a viewer of House of Commons division votes using @UKParliament #opendata.
#ddj #hansard

https://t.co/vNWDHQMhTa

[Giuseppe Sollazzo @puntofisso]

I calculated the average face of a @UKParliament MP. This is what they look like.

More at https://t.co/MFugWNblpF
#ddj

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A lighthearted article summarising 6 fun months of @Election1997

https://t.co/Of4RRNANbW

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Till next Election, folks!

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Till next Election, folks!

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And so @Election1997 is about to close. Let me publicly thank @220_d_92_20 and @markpack for providing most of the data for the project.

[Dame Anne Begg @annebegg]

It only seems like last year! https://t.co/FCGayYXfSl

[Miriam Rice 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇬🇧 @Miriam_E_Rice]

It's what we do in Ealing North. https://t.co/rTB8QwSEbd

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A record 119 women MPs sit now in Parliament. Mohammad Sarwar, LAB MP for Glasgow Govan is the first ever Muslim MP.

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FINAL RESULT
LAB 43.2% [418 seats]
CON 30.7% [165]
LD 16.8% [46]

LAB majority 179

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Winchester results
LD 42.11%
CON 42.1%
LAB 10.5%

LD gain from CON (Mark Oaten)