Bad graphs of the 2021 UK elections

Some rules can be bent. Others broken.

Anthony B. Masters

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The United Kingdom held elections on Thursday 6th May. As volunteers count votes, we can look at some graphs in election literature and on social media.

One way to understand rules of graphical integrity is to see them bent and broken. This is a short article. It is not a complete list of all poor data visualisation during the election.

Show me. (GIF: Gfycat)

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Anthony B. Masters

This blog looks at the use of statistics in Britain and beyond. It is written by RSS Statistical Ambassador and Chartered Statistician @anthonybmasters.