Election bias and ballot mapping

​Jo Wood, Professor of Visual Analytics at City St George’s will reveal how his analysis of voting patterns across London in the recent council elections revealed a bias, based on where candidates are located on the ballot paper.

​Professor Wood’s analysis of the London council elections was written up on the front page of The Guardian newspaper. Jo originally published his analysis on Bluesky on 11 May. The Guardian’s article from 13 May, Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests, included interviews with two candidates, one of whom failed to secure a seat (and had the last name, Zhong), and the other who won (and had the last name, Adams).