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OSR’s role in Elections
For statistics to serve the public good, they should support democratic debate. This is particularly important during election campaigns, when statistics play a role in informing decisions made by the electorate. OSR has an important role in promoting and safeguarding the use of statistics in public debate. You can read more about our role during elections in this blog post.
This page brings together our new and existing guidance to help users navigate statistical claims surrounding an election and to support those working with statistics in upholding the Code of Practice for Statistics.
We have developed series of explainer statements, providing a summary of the available statistics and what to look out for in public statements, drawing from our experience of investigating the use of statistics on these topics. These are available at the bottom of this page.