In defining a New Yorker, individuals who live in the tri-state area, are leaders of companies based in the tri-state area or conduct a significant amount of their business in the tri-state area are eligible for a score.

WSJ: Methodology for NYIndex

Across the West Midlands police area, 12% of those eligible to vote turned out, with 7, 063 spoilt ballots.

BBC: West Midlands PCC election: Labour win

The 4, 000 residents eligible to vote in the first local planning referendum live in the most sparsely populated area of England.

BBC: Will a planning referendum in Cumbria catch on elsewhere?