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Andras Schmelczer 2026-04-04 22:59:44 +01:00
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import argparse
from pathlib import Path
import httpx
import polars as pl
# UK Parliament publishes candidate-level results for the 2024 General Election.
# One row per candidate per constituency — we aggregate to per-constituency stats.
URL = "https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/6/candidacies.csv"
# Map party names to a smaller set for the enum feature and vote share columns.
# Only parties that won seats in England are kept; the rest become "Other parties".
PARTY_MAP = {
"Labour": "Labour",
"Conservative": "Conservative",
"Liberal Democrat": "Liberal Democrat",
"Reform UK": "Reform UK",
"Green Party": "Green",
}
def download_and_convert(output_path: Path) -> None:
print("Downloading 2024 General Election results...")
response = httpx.get(URL, follow_redirects=True, timeout=60)
response.raise_for_status()
df = pl.read_csv(response.content)
print(f"Raw shape: {df.shape}")
# Filter to England only (constituency codes starting with E14)
df = df.filter(pl.col("Constituency geographic code").str.starts_with("E14"))
# Map party names to our output groups
df = df.with_columns(
pl.col("Main party name")
.replace_strict(PARTY_MAP, default="Other parties")
.alias("party_group"),
)
# ── Per-constituency winner stats ──
winners = df.filter(pl.col("Candidate result position") == 1).select(
pl.col("Constituency geographic code").alias("pcon"),
pl.col("party_group").alias("winning_party"),
(pl.col("Majority") / pl.col("Election valid vote count") * 100)
.round(1)
.alias("majority_pct"),
(pl.col("Election valid vote count") / pl.col("Electorate") * 100)
.round(1)
.alias("turnout_pct"),
)
# ── Per-party vote share percentages ──
# Sum votes per party group per constituency, then pivot to wide format
party_votes = (
df.group_by("Constituency geographic code", "party_group")
.agg(pl.col("Candidate vote count").sum())
.rename({"Constituency geographic code": "pcon"})
)
total_votes = (
df.group_by("Constituency geographic code")
.agg(pl.col("Candidate vote count").sum().alias("total_votes"))
.rename({"Constituency geographic code": "pcon"})
)
party_pct = (
party_votes.join(total_votes, on="pcon")
.with_columns(
(pl.col("Candidate vote count") / pl.col("total_votes") * 100)
.round(1)
.alias("vote_pct"),
)
.pivot(on="party_group", index="pcon", values="vote_pct")
)
# Rename columns to "% Party" format
rename_map = {col: f"% {col}" for col in party_pct.columns if col != "pcon"}
party_pct = party_pct.rename(rename_map)
# Join winner stats with party vote shares
result = winners.join(party_pct, on="pcon", how="left")
print(f"Constituencies: {result.height}")
print(f"Columns: {result.columns}")
print(
f"Party breakdown:\n{result['winning_party'].value_counts().sort('count', descending=True)}"
)
output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
result.write_parquet(output_path, compression="zstd")
print(f"Saved to {output_path}")
def main() -> None:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Download 2024 General Election results by constituency"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--output", type=Path, required=True, help="Output parquet file path"
)
args = parser.parse_args()
download_and_convert(args.output)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

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pl.col("Ethnicity").replace_strict(group_map).alias("group"),
)
# Sum percentages within each group per local authority
wide = (
detailed.group_by("Geography_code", "group")
.agg(pl.col("Value1").sum().round(1))
.pivot(on="group", index="Geography_code", values="Value1")
# Sum percentages within each group per local authority (keep full precision)
grouped = detailed.group_by("Geography_code", "group").agg(pl.col("Value1").sum())
wide = grouped.pivot(on="group", index="Geography_code", values="Value1")
# Normalize so each row sums to exactly 100%, then round using largest-remainder
# method to preserve the sum. Independent rounding of 6 values can drift ±0.3.
group_cols = [c for c in wide.columns if c != "Geography_code"]
row_total = sum(pl.col(c) for c in group_cols)
# Scale each group so they sum to exactly 100
wide = wide.with_columns(
[(pl.col(c) / row_total * 100.0).alias(c) for c in group_cols]
)
# Round to 1 decimal, then adjust the largest group to absorb residual
rounded_cols = [pl.col(c).round(1).alias(c) for c in group_cols]
wide = wide.with_columns(rounded_cols)
rounded_sum = sum(pl.col(c) for c in group_cols)
residual = (100.0 - rounded_sum).round(1)
# Find which group is largest per row and add the residual there
largest_col = pl.concat_list(group_cols).list.arg_max()
wide = wide.with_columns(
[
pl.when(largest_col == i)
.then(pl.col(c) + residual)
.otherwise(pl.col(c))
.alias(c)
for i, c in enumerate(group_cols)
]
)
# Rename columns to be descriptive

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@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ STOP_TYPES = {
"BCT": "Bus stop",
"BCE": "Bus station",
"TXR": "Taxi rank",
"TMU": "Metro or Tram stop",
"MET": "Metro or Tram stop",
"TMU": "Tube station",
"MET": "Tube station",
}