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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Winning Parties And Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Second-Placed Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Winning Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Labour Party Vote Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Conservative Party Vote Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Liberal Democrats Vote Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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		<title>UK General Election 2024: Green Party Vote Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer's Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic &#038; Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament's composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Each hexagon in the middle map relates to a parliamentary constituency. Each transformed grid cell in the map on the right is proportional to the total number of people living in that area. Overlaid are the colours of the winning political party in each area as explained in the legend.</strong></p>
<p><em>Data sources<br />
</em>This map uses data from Constituency-level results compiled by <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18js_ALvB-4tHqIt16BJpzFM55VEDVtxSl6Fgm4YRAsY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apurav Bhatiya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/apuravbhatiya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@apuravbhatiya</a> with further edits using data published by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC News</a> and <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House of Commons Library</a> (accessed July 2024) and own calculations. Hexagon boundaries are based on work by <a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/wpc-hex/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Philip Brown and Alasdair Rae</a> (<a href="https://automaticknowledge.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Automatic Knowledge Ltd</a>) with further own modifications.</p>
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