''United Kingdom Election Results'' is a website and

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, published in 1994. Boothroyd also wrote ''

The History of British Political Parties ''The History of British Political Parties'', also referred to as ''Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties'', is a reference book about political parties in the United Kingdom. Written by David Boothroyd, it was published ...

'', published in 2001. The website includes material about

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, including election results, resources for further information and links to relevant websites. Boothroyd used a minimalist approach for the site's design, avoiding "flashy graphics" and placing an emphasis on "authoritative unbiased information". Boothroyd's website has been cited by several organisations and authors, including the

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. Boothroyd's site is listed as a resource by the website of the Parliamentary Library of the Parliament of Australia, and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at

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said that Boothroyd maintains "an emphasis on including the entire range of parties", and

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library said that the "site maintained by David Boothroyd provides detailed results data for all UK Parliamentary Elections since 1983".

The site contains information and resources related to UK elections, including election results, lists of candidates and maps of election districts. It also contains resources such as links to relevant websites covering politics and those of political parties. In an introduction to the website, Boothroyd writes: "Unlike some other political sites, this site doesn’t go in for minimising the information to 'major parties' only, using flashy graphics that distract from the content, compromising its impartiality by accepting sponsorship, or including irrelevant party propaganda. On these pages you will find authoritative unbiased information and nothing else." Data on parliamentary elections in the UK since 1983 are on the website. It also includes results of the Labour Party National Executive Committee elections, European Parliamentary elections from 1994 onwards, a list of members expelled since the 1660 Restoration, and recent regional elections for the

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. The earliest snapshot of the website in the archival database

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is from 1996. The website was located at www.election.demon.co.uk. , it is offline.

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Several authors and organisationsincluding

(2004), the Politics and Public Administration Group of the Parliament of Australia (2002), and Scott L. Greer (2005)have cited Boothroyd's website in their works. Oonag Gay and Patricia Leopold used information about parliamentary expulsion from the site in their book ''Conduct Unbecoming:The Regulation of Parliamentary Behaviour'' (2004); they wrote, "As the author, David Boothroyd, makes clear, expulsion was no bar to further parliamentary career in the eighteenth century." ''

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'' referenced the site in a 2007 article about politics of education in the UK. In their 2008 book ''The Politics of Electoral Systems'', Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell wrote that Boothroyd's site "Has detailed results of elections at all levels of government." The website of the Parliamentary Library of the Parliament of Australia lists Boothroyd's site as a resource, as does the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at

. The Data & Information Services Center of the

said that Boothroyd maintains "an emphasis on including the entire range of parties". RBA (Rhodes-Blakeman Associates) website maintained by Karen Blakeman describes Boothroyd's resource as a "fast-loading, no-nonsense site".

library said that the "site maintained by David Boothroyd provides detailed results data for all UK Parliamentary Elections since 1983". "Scottish Politics", the website of the Scottish Politics Research Institute, Alba Publishing said, "Those interested in election results and analysis from England & Wales are encouraged to consult David Boothroyd's inspirational United Kingdom Election Results site."

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