What's Inside
Each council pack is a comprehensive PDF covering every contested ward with data from official sources.
Council Overview
Current composition, seats up for election, ward map colour-coded by holder, and marginality summary.
Battleground Rankings
All wards ranked by marginality with defending party, 2024 result, turnout, and key factors to watch.
Ward Profiles
Individual pages for each ward: election history, party trends, vote share bars, Census demographics vs council average.
LSOA Demographic Maps
Census 2021 variables mapped at Lower Super Output Area level (~1,500 residents each) across the whole council area.
Interactive Web Version Also Available
An online companion to the PDF packs with features that work best on screen.
Interactive LSOA Maps
Zoomable choropleth maps. Toggle between Census variables, click any LSOA for its full demographic profile.
Postcode Lookup
Search any postcode to find your ward, see LSOA-level Census data, and view election history.
Live National Polling
Context from live national polling trends, updated automatically as new data comes in.
Available Councils
Tameside Metropolitan Borough
Our sample council pack covers all 19 contested wards with full election history (2006-2024), demographic profiles, and LSOA-level Census maps. 57 seats, Labour-controlled, elections by thirds.
100+ councils across England are holding elections on 7 May 2026, covering thousands of wards.
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info@pollcheck.co.ukData Sources
Election results from the DCLEAPIL v1.0 dataset (Leman, 2025) covering British local elections 2006-2024. Demographics from Census 2021 at LSOA level, aggregated to ward boundaries using ONS lookups. Ward boundaries from the ONS Open Geography Portal (December 2022). Council composition from OpenCouncilData and official council websites.