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Derives significant dates for UK elections

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uk-election-timetables

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This library encapsulates timetable legislation for elections run in the United Kingdom and its devolved administrations.

The election timetable varies based on:

  • Type of Post - Parliamentary, Local, devolved Government, etc.
  • Country - The United Kingdom has up to four different rules for the same type of election, one for each country.
  • Calendar - each country has their own unique set of Bank Holidays.

Usage (publishing of candidate lists)

from datetime import date
from uk_election_timetables.elections.uk_parliament import UKParliamentElection

election = UKParliamentElection(date(2019, 2, 21))

print(election.sopn_publish_date) # date(2019, 1, 25)

Documentation

Hosted by readthedocs at https://uk-election-timetables.readthedocs.io/

Installation

pip install uk_election_timetables

Test

pytest

Supported Election Types

  • Local
  • United Kingdom Parliament
  • Scottish Parliament
  • Senedd Cymru
  • Northern Ireland Assembly
  • Mayoral
  • Mayoral (London)
  • Greater London Assembly
  • Police and Crime commissioner

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