Citizens' Assembly Tracker

We're keeping track of where citizens' assemblies and juries are taking place around the UK and on what topics.

For inclusion on the list, an assembly or jury must:

Have taken place / be taking place in the UK;
Have publically accessible information about it online.
Meet the standards set out here.

If we've missed one, please let us know.

Please note we are currently reviewing what data is tracked on this page and will be updating it again in Spring 2022.

Citizens' Assemblies / Juries in 2021

LOCATION	COMMISSIONER	TOPIC	STATUS	TIME SCALE	NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS	Assembly or Jury	FURTHER INFORMATION
BLAENAU GWENT	Blaenau Gwent Climate Mitigation Steering Group	Climate change	Completed	March 2021	50	Citizens’ Assembly	https://cynnalcymru.com/blaenau-gwent-climate-assembly/
BRISTOL	Bristol City Council & Bristol One City	Covid recovery	Completed	January to March 2021	60	Citizens’ Assembly	https://bristol.citizenspace.com/bristol-citizens-assembly/
COPELAND	Copeland Borough Council	Climate change	Completed	July to September 2021	30	Citizens’ Jury	https://www.copeland.gov.uk/copeland-peoples-panel-climate-change
DEVON	Devon Climate Emergency	Climate change	Completed	June to July 2021	70	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/citizens-assembly/
GLASGOW	Glasgow City Council	Climate change	Completed	August 2021	55	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/cop26citizensassembly
JERSEY	Government of Jersey	Assisted Dying	Completed	March to May 2021	23	Citizens’ Jury	https://www.gov.je/caring/assisteddying/
JERSEY	Government of Jersey	Climate Change	Completed	March to May 2021	45	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.climateconversation.je/citizens-assembly/
LAMBETH	London Borough of Lambeth	Climate change	Completed	May to July 2021	50	Citizens’ Assembly	https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeths-citizens-assembly-climate-crisis
NEWHAM	London Borough of Newham	Standing 1) Greening the borough	Continual	July 2021 -	50	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.newham.gov.uk/council/citizens-assemblies
NORTH OF TYNE	North of Tyne Combined Authority	Climate Change	Completed	February to March 2021	50	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.northoftyne-ca.gov.uk/projects/citizens-assembly-on-climate-...
SCOTLAND (CONTINUED FROM 2020)	Scottish Government	Climate change	Completed	November 2020 to March 2021	110	Citizens’ Assembly	https://www.climateassembly.sco
WARWICK	Warwick District Council	Climate change	Completed	December 2020 to February 2021	30	Citizens’ Jury	https://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/info/20468/climate_change/1636/warwick_dist...

Citizens' Assemblies / Juries in 2020

Location	Commissioner	Topic	Status	Time Scale	Number of participants	Further information
Adur & Worthing	Adur & Worthing Councils	Climate change	Completed	September to December 2020	43	https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/climate-assembly/
Brighton & Hove	Brighton & Hove Council	Climate change	Completed	September to November 2020	50	https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/brighton-hove-climate-assembly
Camden	London Borough of Camden	Health and social care	Completed	February to September 2020	50	https://www.camden.gov.uk/health-and-care-citizens-assembly
Gloucestershire	NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group	Specialist Hospital Services Consultation	Completed	January 2021	18	https://citizensjuries.org/gloucestershire-hospitals-consultation-2021-jury/
Kendal	Kendal Town Council	Climate change	Completed	July to October 2020	20	https://www.kendalclimatejury.org
Lancaster	Lancaster City Council	Climate change	Completed	February to September 2020	30	http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/sites/climate-emergency/people-s-jury-recommendations
Newham	London Borough of Newham	Climate change	Completed	January to February 2020	40	https://www.newham.gov.uk/public-health-safety/newham-climate-now/1
Scotland (continued from 2019)	Scottish Government	The future of Scotland	Completed	Autumn 2019 to Winter 2020	120	https://www.citizensassembly.scot/
Scotland	Scottish Government	Climate change	Completed	November 2020 to March 2021	110	https://www.climateassembly.scot
UK	UK Parliament (Six Select Committees)	Climate change	Completed	January to May 2020	108	https://www.climateassembly.uk
Waltham Forest	London Borough of Waltham Forest	Hate crime	Completed	February to March 2020	45	https://walthamforest.gov.uk/content/waltham-forest-citizens-assembly

Citizens' Assemblies / Juries in 2019

Location	Commissioner	Topic	Status	Time Scale	Number of participants	Further information
Brent	London Borough of Brent	Climate Change	Completed	November	50	https://brentclimateassembly.commonplace.is/about
Cambridge	Greater Cambridge Partnership	Traffic congestion, public transport and air quality	Completed	September to October 2019	60	https://consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/greater-cambridge-citizens-assembly
Camden	London Borough of Camden	Climate change	Completed	July 2019	60	https://www.camden.gov.uk/citizens-assembly-climate-crisis
Coventry	University of Manchester and Information Commissioner’s Office	Artificial Intelligence explainability	Completed	February 2019	18	http://www.patientsafety.manchester.ac.uk/research/themes/safety-informatics/citizens-juries/
Dudley	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Town centres	Completed	November 2019	50	https://www.dudley.gov.uk/peoples-panel
Gloucestershire	NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group	Specialist Hospital Services Reconfiguration	Completed	January 2020	16	https://citizensjuries.org/371-2-2/
Kingston	Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames	Air quality	Completed	November to December 2019	40	https://www.kingston.gov.uk/CitizensAssembly
Leeds	Leeds Climate Commission	Climate Change	Completed	October to November 2019	20	https://www.leedsclimate.org.uk/leeds-climate-change-citizens-jury
Manchester	University of Manchester and Information Commissioner’s Office	Artificial Intelligence explainability	Completed	February 2019	18	http://www.patientsafety.manchester.ac.uk/research/themes/safety-informatics/citizens-juries/
Oxford	Oxford City Council	Climate change	Completed	September to October 2019	50	https://www.oxford.gov.uk/citizensassembly
Romsey	Test Valley Borough Council	Town centres	Completed	November 2019	50	https://www.romseyfuture.org.uk/citizens-assembly
Scotland	Scottish Government	The future of Scotland	Completed	Autumn 2019 to Winter 2020	120	https://www.citizensassembly.scot/
Wales	National Assembly for Wales	How people in Wales can shape their future	Completed	July 2019	60	https://devolution20.wales/citizens-assembly

Citizens' Assemblies / Juries in 2018

Location	Commissioner	Topic	Status	Time scale	Number of participants	Further information
England	UK Parliament (Two Select Committees)	Social care	Completed	April to May 2018	47	https://www.involve.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/practice/how-can-we-fin...
Northern Ireland	Civil society	Social Care	Completed	October to November 2018	70	https://citizensassemblyni.org

Citizens' Assemblies / Juries in 2017

Location	Commissioner	Topic	Status	Time Scale	Number of participants	Futher information
UK	Constitution Unit / ESRC	Brexit	Completed	September 2017	50	https://citizensassembly.co.uk/brexit/about/