The ‘must-have’ app for UK General Election updated with details of parliamentary candidates

STAFFORD, U.K. - March 23, 2015 - PRLog -- A completely free iOS and Android app launched by a Midlands-based software developer, Wide Angle Software, is the must-have poll tracking tool for this year’s UK General Election.

Vote UK app aims to keep voters up to date with the latest UK polls and political campaign news and allows them to search for contact details of their local MPs. It shows the latest national opinion poll trends and gives people accurate and unbiased information about the candidates and parties involved.

The newly updated version of Vote UK also gives details of parliamentary candidates per constituency, colour-coded according to their party membership or affiliation.

The Vote UK app is available free-of-charge from the Apple iStore at https://itunes.apple.com/app/vote-uk/id943894398?mt=8 and typically of Apple-approved apps, is simple to install.

The Android version of the app is available from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wideanglesoftware.VoteUK

Key features

·         Users can search for the full contact details of every MP based on their location or by constituency

·         Vote UK app users can also cast their anonymous vote every day – helping to predict the overall outcome

·         There’s a live election news feed and a countdown to when the polls open

·         The app displays details of all the candidates that have been announced – colour-coded according to their party membership or affiliation

·         It shows real-time changes in national opinion polls over the previous six months

“We wanted to develop an app that would really connect voters throughout Britain with the political process,” said Wide Angle Software Director Neil Benson.

The Vote UK app has been welcomed an endorsed by MP Jeremy Lefroy – the MP for Stafford where Wide Angle Software are based.

“The 2015 General Election will be one of the most important and closely contested in a generation. Vote UK will give people accurate and unbiased information about candidates and parties to enable them to decide how to cast their vote,” he said.

“I am delighted that it is being developed by Wide Angle Software in Stafford, which is becoming an increasing influential technology hub within the UK.”

For more information about Vote UK or to contact the developers directly, visit http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/voteuk

About Wide Angle Software

Wide Angle Software were founded in 2006 and are behind popular desktop software including TouchCopy, iBackup Extractor, and Tune Sweeper. Their aim is to produce simple, innovating applications and software which appeal to a wide range of consumers.