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\"8<\/a>Last Thursday\u2019s 2024 United Kingdom general election resulted in a historic shift within the nation\u2019s political landscape, marking the Conservatives\u2019 most severe defeat in nearly two centuries. As people look for clarity on these changes, election maps have come to the forefront as\u00a0effective visual tools to make sense of voting\u00a0outcomes and underlying patterns.<\/p>\n

In this special edition of DataViz Weekly<\/a>, we present a quick overview of UK election maps from prestigious sources including Sky News, The Independent, the BBC, The Financial Times, The Guardian, CNN, Open Innovations, and The New York Times, complete with links\u00a0to them. Explore these data visualization projects to delve deeper into the dramatic shifts of the 2024 election, experience the power of effective electoral data mapping, and perhaps find inspiration for your own work.<\/p>\n

? See also: 2024 U.S. Election Maps<\/a> (November 2024).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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8 UK Election Map Visualizations in DataViz Weekly Special Edition<\/h2>\n

1. Sky News<\/h3>\n

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\nSky News<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization features a cartogram that allows you to immediately grasp the essentials: which party won where. Each constituency, which is a geographical area represented by a member in Parliament, is depicted as a hexagon, providing a clear representation of the electoral landscape. You can input a postal code or constituency name to zoom into specific local results.<\/p>\n

2. The Independent<\/h3>\n

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The Independent<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization also\u00a0provides\u00a0a cartogram-based view. It is enhanced by an interactive feature that allows you to highlight constituencies won by a specific party simply by hovering over that party in the map legend. This functionality provides a clear visual representation of the geographical areas where each party has prevailed.<\/p>\n

3. BBC<\/h3>\n

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The BBC<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization offers a cartogram similar to those of Sky News and The Independent. Additionally, it features a geographic, choropleth map<\/a>, which colors constituencies based on the winning party, providing a conventional geographical perspective. The BBC also includes a \u201cChanged hands\u201d toggle, allowing you to identify territories where party control has shifted since the 2019 general election.<\/p>\n

4. The Financial Times<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The Financial Times<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization includes all the major features offered by the BBC but expands upon them by introducing the option to display the notional results from 2019. Moreover, it allows you to search not only by\u00a0ZIP code or constituency, as with Sky News, The Independent, and the BBC, but also by candidate name.<\/p>\n

5. The Guardian<\/h3>\n

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The Guardian<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization, like the BBC and The FT, offers the functionality to explore vote results either through a choropleth map (termed \u201cStandard\u201d here) or a cartogram. Although unlike those, it lacks a \u201cchanged hands\u201d feature, it additionally provides a unique analysis of party share gains, with visualizations specifically for the Labour and Conservative parties. Labour party gains are indicated with shades of red, while Conservative gains were supposed to be highlighted with shades of blue but there are none at this time.<\/p>\n

6. CNN<\/h3>\n

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CNN<\/a>\u2019s UK election map visualization enables side-by-side comparisons of cartograms from the 2024, 2019, and 2017 general elections. This comparative approach illustrates the evolution of voting patterns over the last three\u00a0general elections, revealing shifts in political allegiance in this way.<\/p>\n

7. Open Innovations<\/h3>\n

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Open Innovations<\/a> utilizes a cartogram-only view, referred to here as a \u201chex map.\u201d This visualization\u00a0project, however, not only shows the winning party (for the 2024 and 2019 general elections). It also offers additional layers of analysis by providing two specific hex maps. In one, constituencies are colored based on the party with the second most votes. The other reveals where the winner secured more than 50% of the vote. These details provide deeper insights into the electoral competition.<\/p>\n

8. The New York Times<\/h3>\n

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The New York Times<\/a> has the article \u201cAnatomy of a Landslide\u201d by Josh Holder and Lauren Weatherby, which covers the UK election with visualizations. It\u00a0starts with a UK map that uses arrows to illustrate the decrease in vote share for the Conservatives across the country. This is followed by a choropleth map\u00a0highlighting constituencies that flipped between the 2019 and 2024 elections, with helpful annotations\u00a0to\u00a0underscore major geographical trends.<\/p>\n

More UK Election Maps<\/h2>\n

Here’s where you can find more\u00a0maps visualizing the 2024 UK general election results:<\/p>\n