DoncasterNorthGraph.svg


Summary

Description
English: United Kingdom general election results for Doncaster North constituency from 1983 to present.
Date
Source Own work
Author JeremyA

Notes

The Background colour indicates the party of the sitting MP at any given year.

Graph drawn with R

Parties:

Data:

Year Conservative Labour Liberal UKIP/Brexit Other
1983.44 27.6 52.8 19.7 NA NA
1987.44 24.4 61.8 13.9 NA NA
1992.27 25.9 61.8 12.3 NA NA
1997.33 14.8 69.8 8.4 NA 7
2001.43 14.7 63.1 10.6 2.3 9.3
2005.34 15.4 55.5 12 3 14.1
2010.35 21 47.3 14.9 4.3 12.4
2015.35 18.3 52.4 2.5 22.6 4.1
2017.44 27.6 60.8 1.7 6.5 3.6
2019.50 32.6 38.7 3.6 20.4 4.6

Code:

The graph was produced with R . The following code will reproduce the graph using the data on this page.

  library(tidyverse)
  library(htmltab)
  library(lubridate)
  
  election_graph <- function(pageURL) {
    election <- htmltab(pageURL,
                        which = 2,
                        rm_nodata_cols = F)
    election <- as.tibble(lapply(election, function(x) {gsub("unopp", "100", x)}))
    
    tidy_election <- gather(election, "Party", "Votes", 2:length(election))
    tidy_election$Year <- as.numeric(tidy_election$Year)
    tidy_election$Party <- factor(tidy_election$Party, levels = c("Conservative", "Labour", "Liberal", "Green", "SNP", "UKIP", "Other"))
    tidy_election$Votes <- as.numeric(tidy_election$Votes)
    
    election_victor <- tidy_election %>% filter(is.na(Votes) == FALSE) %>% group_by(Year) %>% summarize(Party = Party[which(Votes == max(Votes))])
    election_victor$Year <- as.numeric(election_victor$Year)
    election_victor$start_year <- election_victor$Year
    election_victor$end_year <- c(election_victor$Year[-1], ceiling(election_victor$Year[length(election_victor$Year)] + 1))
    election_victor[1,3] <- floor(election_victor[1,3] - 1)
    
    tidy_election$Votes <- as.numeric(sapply(tidy_election$Votes, function(x) {gsub(100, NA, x)}))
    
    party_colours <- c("#0087DC", "#DC241F", "#FAA61A", "#008066", "#FFF95D", "#EFE600", "dark grey")
    names(party_colours) <- c("Conservative", "Labour", "Liberal", "Green", "SNP", "UKIP", "Other")
    
    ggplot(tidy_election) +
      geom_rect(data = election_victor,
                aes(xmin = start_year,xmax = end_year, ymin = -Inf, ymax = Inf, fill = Party),
                alpha = 0.35,
                show.legend = F) +
      geom_line(aes(x = Year, y = Votes, colour = Party), size = 0.703) +
      geom_point(aes(x = Year, y = Votes, colour = Party)) +
      geom_hline(yintercept = 100, color="black", size = 1.5) +
      geom_vline(xintercept = 2019, color="black", size = 1.5) +
      scale_colour_manual(values = party_colours) +
      scale_fill_manual(values = party_colours) +
      theme(text = element_text(color="black", size = 14),
            axis.text = element_text(color="black", size = 11),
            axis.line.x = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
            axis.ticks.x = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
            axis.line.y = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
            axis.ticks.y = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
            axis.ticks.length = unit(5, "points"),
            panel.grid.major = element_line(color="blue", size = 0.5, linetype = 3),
            panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
            panel.background = element_blank(),
            legend.position = c(.98, .97),
            legend.direction = "horizontal",
            legend.text = element_text(color="black", size = 11),
            legend.title=element_blank(),
            legend.justification = c("right", "top"),
            legend.box.just = "right",
            legend.key = element_blank(),
            legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", colour = "black"),
            legend.margin = margin(0, 4, 4, 4)) +
      scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0, 0), limits = c(election_victor[[1,3]], election_victor$end_year[length(election_victor$end_year)]), breaks = seq(1890, 2010, 10)) +
      scale_y_continuous(expand = c(0, 0), limits = c(0, 100), breaks = seq(0, 100, 20)) +
      labs(x = "Year", y = "Percentage Vote")
  }
  
election_graph("https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DoncasterNorthGraph.svg")
  
ggsave("DoncasterNorthGraph.svg", device = "svg", units = "cm", width = 20, height = 11, dpi = 120)

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

18 June 2017

image/svg+xml