Target database: Councillors – Upper Tier
Summary
Name | UK / English : Councillors – Upper Tier |
Major update schedule | Quarterly |
Records | ~12,262 (varies – includes 2 test records) |
Region | UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) |
Single or multi target? | Returns multiple targets per postcode |
Can be used for Tweet-to-Target pages? | No |
Can be used for Click-to-Call pages? | No |
Can be used for Political Broadcasts? | Yes |
Can be used for Data Mapping? | No |
Allows for target setting filtering? | No |
This database combines both the district/unitary/borough councillors and county councillors databases into one single database. For postcodes that have a two-tier council this will return their county councillors.
It can be used for email-to-target pages and for political broadcasts.
Description
In the UK, one or more councillors represent a “ward”, which are the primary unit of electoral districts.
Some wards are represented by county councillors, and some by district, unitary or London borough councillors. Some have both kinds (known as two-tier councils).
This is a good guide if you want to know more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-government-structure-and-elections
The supporter’s postcode is mapped, via the email-to-target page, to a ward area in this database and multiple targets displayed for the supporter’s target email.
If you wish to target both kinds of councillor, you have two options:
Because we provide both the District/Unitary Authority Councillors and County Councillors databases, you can add both to an email-to-target page (by having target settings as multi-database). This page would then use both as its targets. It means that two-tier postcodes would list both kinds as its targets.
You can use this Upper Tier database which can be used on its own. For postcodes that have a two-tier council this will return their county councillors.
Related databases
These databases handle the county councillor and district/unitary/borough councillors.
UK / English : District/Unitary Authority Councillors – this database contains the UK’s district, unitary or borough councillors per ward
UK / English : County Councillors – this database returns targets for wards represented by a county council
UK / English : Councillors – Upper Tier – this database combines both district/unitary/borough councillors and county councillors. For postcodes that have a two-tier council this will return their county councillors.
UK / English : District/Unitary/Borough Council Leaders – this database returns the district/unitary/borough council leader (one target)
UK / English : County Council Leaders – this database returns the county council leader (one target)
UK / English : Council Leaders – Upper Tier – this database combines both district/unitary/borough councillors and county councillors and returns a single council leader. For postcodes that have a two-tier council this will return their county council leader.
These databases are subsets of the other databases:
UK / English : Northern Ireland District Councillors
UK / English : England Non-Metropolitan District Councillors
UK / English : England Scotland Wales Unitary Authority Councillors
UK / English : London Borough Councillors
UK / English : England Metropolitan Councillors
We do not provide a candidate database in the case of elections.
Use these pages to get an idea of the kinds of contacts that are returned:
Combined (multi-database – the two above)
Structure
Column name | What it holds |
Salutation | The complete salutation of the target, e.g. “Dear Councillor Bird,” |
Organization | The name of the council, district, unitary or borough region, e.g. “Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council”, “Norfolk County Council”, “City of Wolverhampton Council” or “London Borough of Southwark” |
Position held | Not used |
Title | The target’s title, e.g. “Councillor” |
First name | The target’s first name |
Last name | The target’s last name |
Suffix | The target’s suffix if appropriate |
Phone number | The phone number of the target if available |
Fax number | Not used |
Various address fields | The address fields of the target if available |
Party image | Not used |
Biography 1 | The ward name, e.g. “St Giles” or “Central Hove” |
Biography 2 | Not used |
Twitter Handle (Biography 3) | Not used |
Biography 4 | The type of area, one of District Council (Northern Ireland), English County Council, English Non-Metropolitan District, English Unitary Authority, London Borough, Metropolitan Council (England), Scottish Unitary Authority, Welsh Unitary Authority |
Biography 5 | Not used |
Biography 6 | Not used |
Biography 7 | The UK region (one of East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber) |
Party (Biography 8) | The target’s political party (one of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, Conservative, DUP, EN Party*, Engaging Networks*, Green Party, Independent, Labour, Labour/Co-operative, Liberal Democrat, Other, Plaid Cymru, Political Affiliation Not Specified, PUP, Residents Association/Ratepayer, SDLP, Sinn Féin, SNP, UKIP, UUP) |
*The test records are used by the support team. The contacts will not be visible to supporters. They have the party of “Engaging Networks” or “EN Party”