postcode

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You can also use the postcode search below to find out who is standing in every seat at the election on 7 May.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Rival motoring group the AA said the chances of motorists seeing a cut in fuel prices would depend on where they lived due to what it called "the pump-price postcode lottery".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith, whose close friend took her own life after having a baby, called access a "postcode lottery" with some areas "complete deserts".

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Angela Contestabile, from the Stroke Association, said there was also a "postcode lottery across Wales as to who gets treatment, and who gets it when".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

On Yahoo’s front page there are news stories, tailored to your postcode or whatever—God only knows how they know my postcode, but they do.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins