Voter Power Index

If you're in the UK, you can put your postcode into this website and it will give you your VPI, or how much power your vote has to influence the result - Discover how much power you have as a UK voter in your constituency

Post your VPI here, although you don't need to identify the area where you live.

Ribble Valley

Voter Power Index
Rank #280 of 650

Voter power in Ribble Valley
0.179

Constituency marginality
Very safe

In Ribble Valley, one person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 0.179 votes.
The power of voters in this constituency is based on the probability of the seat changing hands and its size.

While you might think that every vote counts equally, where you live in the UK has a huge effect on your power to influence the election.

How does Ribble Valley compare?

The average UK voter has 1.41x more voting power than voters in Ribble Valley.
Average UK voter power
0.253

The average UK voter only has the power of 0.253 votes. This is because most of us live in safe seats, where the outcome is pretty much certain regardless of how we vote.

Ribble Valley ranks #280 out of 650 constituencies in the Voter Power Index.

Constituency size
+9.44%
This constituency is bigger than average, which means a voter here is less likely to affect the national result.

Number of voters: 74,892
Average constituency: 68,433