Posted on: 22 January 2025

The Polimapper team is delighted to unveil Version 4 of the product.

The major enhancements are under the hood, with the customer interface receiving a significant upgrade to make it more user friendly.

Key changes include:

  • A new dashboard for intuitive navigation of key features.
  • A stakeholder mailmerge function to streamline your outreach.
  • A databank of ready-to-use public datasets to supercharge your projects.
  • An enhanced stakeholder section, now featuring the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly.
  • A postcode search function for quick and easy stakeholder lookups.

Here’s a full run down:

New dashboard and visualisation menu

The dashboard provides a central point from which to navigate around all the platform’s key features. 

It reflects the left-hand menu’s four key sections: Visualisations, Engagement, Databank and Stakeholders. Using a combination of icons and text it provides quick access into the most important features for each section.

Finding the map template you need to create a project has never been easier with the new visual menus. Intuitively grouped, the variety of maps available within Polimapper is easy for all to see.

 

New mailmerge function (beta)

A new Engagement section brings together existing functionality with some brand new outreach functions.

This is led by a new mailmerge function which enables you to send relevant visualisations and area specific data directly to MPs and other stakeholders without leaving the platform. This is currently in beta and will be available to all Stakeholder Connect once the beta testing phase is complete.

For Engage customers, this section also incorporates an enhanced Stakeholder E-action function, which includes the ability to direct emails to government ministers and link out to other actions such as petitions.

It also includes an Analytics section so you can download the data you need on which of your supporters (old and new) took an action through the platform.

The Engagement section is rounded off by the more visible Website Embed generator, which makes it easy to customise projects for embedding on your website.

 

More in-depth Stakeholder database

The Polimapper Stakeholder database has received a boost with the addition of several new stakeholder types.

In addition to MPs, it now additionally boasts:

  • Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
  • Senedd members (MSs)
  • Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs)
  • Council leaders in both upper and lower tier rungs of local government
  • Police and Crime Commissioners

Each new stakeholder includes their contact email address, enabling you to create lists for export or for teeing up a list of people to send an email to via the mailmerge function.

 

Stakeholder postcode search

To make the stakeholder function even more useful, we have also added a postcode search function. This means you can input a postcode for anywhere in the UK and it will return and it will return all the relevant political stakeholders from the above list.

This is a very useful piece of functionality should you need to quickly identify stakeholders from a particular location. 

Should you need to contact them, simply create a bespoke list using the ‘My Lists’ function and then send them a tailored area specific email utilising data you’ve already uploaded to the platform.

 

 

Databank

The new databank incorporates two core functions:

Data Conversion

Here you can upload postcode data and convert it to the new parliamentary constituency boundaries. This section will be developed and added to over time, providing for more geographies.

 

Public Databank

The public databank incorporates a series of demo maps and datasets built using publicly available data. This section aims to be informative, providing detailed information on local trends, while acting as a useful starting point for your own maps.

Any of the data here can be exported and loaded up in your own branding, providing a quick-start option for new maps.

 

So if you’re ready to explore the powerful new features of Polimapper Version 4, don’t delay—get in touch with us today to book your demo.