What are the real facts behind the general election debate? Get the key datasets here

General election 2010: the 10 key datasets to help you decide

With the general election 2010 campaign well and truly underway, it's easy for the key facts to get lost in a barrage of propaganda, counter-accusations and obsfucation, as Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats battle for the key marginals.

To help you through the next few weeks of campaign, we've compiled some of the best datasets. Every day, we'll be adding more and more to the site - so let us know if there's anything else you need to know.

What can you do with the data?

This election will see hundreds of new constituencies as boundary changes come into effect. These figures, compiled by the Press Association, identify every new constituency, and the votes needed to win it.

How much pride do you have in your area? These numbers measure community involvement on every level.

With cutting public spending a key election issue, these are the most comprehensive figures, department by department.

Straight after the budget, government departments announced sometimes swinging cuts. Find out which ones are the losers

Full list of every MP, complete with constituency IDs and expenses claims. See how they add up.

Have things got better or worse under Labour? See what the data says.

BNP membership, seat by seat.

For most, it's not very much. Get the full data and see for yourself.

Find out which newspapers supported which parties - and what it did to the outcome.

See how it got this big and what could bring it down.

Can you do something with this data?

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