Patrick English
Head Of Elections And Political And Social Data
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick English is a data scientist, statistician and leading psephologist who heads Elections and Political & Social Data at YouGov, combining eight years of hands-on political analytics with a PhD in political science. He builds end-to-end polling and campaign intelligence—MRP, time series, segmentation and election forecasting—and has recently integrated AI into YouGov’s political research products. A regular media commentator and the BBC’s contracted psephologist for exit polls, he translates complex survey methods into clear, high-stakes election narratives on air and in print. Formerly a data science lecturer and academic researcher across UK and European projects, he also freelances for major broadcasters and publishes teaching resources and code in R and Python. Notably, his work spans both product R&D and operational forecasting, managing polling projects across multiple European elections while improving internal methodological toolkits.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Political Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Political Science at The University of ManchesterMA Politics with Research Methods Political Science and Government, MA Politics with Research Methods Political Science and Government at The University of Sheffield
English, French, Spanish, NorwegianGithub contributions (5)
cran/its.analysis
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:3 commits in 1 year 7 months
patrick-eng/Dyad-Online-Repository
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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