If you're in the #UK and want to get more involved in local/government politics using data and action, I'd really recommend #mySociety's (sadly the organisation's not on Fedi) services. Plus, they're all #Libre Software and #OpenSource (#FOSS)!

https://theyworkforyou.com
https://whatdotheyknow.com
https://fixmystreet.com

#ukpol #government

TheyWorkForYou: Hansard and Official Reports for the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, and Northern Ireland Assembly - done right

Making it easy to keep an eye on the UK’s parliaments. Discover who represents you, how they’ve voted and what they’ve said in debates.

TheyWorkForYou

Is there an existing API which maps postcodes to the new UK #GeneralElection constituency boundaries? And either the same tool or a different one which lets you look up candidates standing in those new constituencies?

It's the sort of thing I'd expect #MySociety to have, but I'm not seeing anything on their website. I'm a bit out of the #ukpolitics loop these days, so 

TheyWorkForYou is 20 years old and is starting a new project!
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109794
#MySociety #TheyWorkForYou
TheyWorkForYou is 20 years old and is starting a new project!

TWFY is a stalwart of British online democracy, a tool for tracking MPs and their voting interests and enabling their constituents to contact them directly. Their new project: WhoFundsThem — is sel…

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TheyWorkForYou is 20 years old and is starting a new project!

TWFY is a stalwart of British online democracy, a tool for tracking MPs and their voting interests and enabling their constituents to contact them directly.

Their new project: WhoFundsThem — is self-explanatory in its importance.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mysociety_support-whofundsthem-activity-7194275068888186880-cfd7

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109794

#mySociety #theyWorkForYou

mySociety on LinkedIn: Support WhoFundsThem

Our longrunning site TheyWorkForYou started twenty years ago as a volunteer project, when a bunch of people got together to make Parliament more transparent…

@pre TL;DR the new Labour MP was previously a Tory MP and was subject to the Tory whip in the Commons, and therefore voted accordingly.

The "#TheyWorkForYou" vote tracker is routinely mentioned by #MySociety as one of their biggest regrets because it is almost always used solely for social media dunks.

The #mySociety local intelligence hub is interesting. I'm actually learning new things about my area (and others I've tried). Much more useful than these sort of things usually are.

Interesting to see that we're below average on supporting tidal energy, particularly given the mayor's continued tub-thumping for a massive tidal barrage across the Mersey.

https://www.localintelligencehub.com/

Local Intelligence Hub

Your starting point for data about local MPs, constituencies, public opinion and the climate and nature movement.

Local Intelligence Hub

Chuffed that our work with #mySociety to provide a Welsh-language basemap for #FixMyStreet features in their highlights of 2023! :

https://www.societyworks.org/impact/2023-in-review/

#mapioCymru

2023 in review

2023 was an exciting year for SocietyWorks as we celebrated our parent charity mySociety's 20th anniversary. Discover the impact we had this year, including improving residential access to bulky waste subscriptions to launching a Welsh-language version of FixMyStreet.

SocietyWorks

Sharing how I use RSS to track weak signals of what my local council (and other local public bodies) is up to (and/or what my fellow citizens care about w.r.t. them)

After a random lunchtime conversation with @zarino here in @DoESLiverpool

http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/liverpool/weak_signals_of_local_civic_democracy.html

#weeknotes #CivicTech #FreedomOfInfromation #mySociety

McFilter: Weak Signals Of Local Civic Democracy

#introduction

I’m Zarino, a #design and #tech person based in #Liverpool, UK. I currently lead the Climate Programme at the #democracy charity #mySociety.

In my spare time, I run the Liverpool chapter of the #AwesomeFoundation, I’m a board member for a CIC improving quality of life for Liverpool residents, and I’m a semi-organiser at my local co-working/makerspace, @DoESLiverpool.

Interests include: #accessibility #humanrights #lego #linux #macos #opensource #parkitect #transrights #ux

Beth yw FixMyStreet: beth sydd angen i chi ei wybod am y wefan Gymraeg newydd?

Mae fersiwn Gymraeg o’r wefan FixMyStreet bellach ar gael… Gwefan ac ap yn seiliedig ar fap yw hi, sy’n helpu pobol ledled y Deyrnas Unedig i roi gwybod i’w hawdurdod lleol am broblemau sy’n gofyn am sylw, megis tyllau yn y ffyrdd, lampau stryd wedi torri a llu o broblemau eraill all fod yn codi o ddydd i ddydd.

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