The winner was announced in our main news blog on 27th September 2006. You can also read all the proposals that were submitted.

mySociety projects have three broad attributes:

1. Founded on electronic networks. This includes the internet, mobile and telephone networks, wireless, fax and anything related.
2. Real world impact on democratic and community aspects of people's lives. The internet is full of excellent commerce and entertainment sites: we are not about building more of those. It is also full of great information sites: we aren't about building these either. We want sites that users visit and leave having gained something tangible: a nascent relationship wth their MP, or the knowledge that they can achieve something with other people near them.
3. Low or zero cost scalability. This is key. We are looking for projects that cost the same (or virtually the same) to run for ten or a million users. This doesn't exclude the possibility of SMS based services, but it does rule out one-on-one tuition or building a site just for your community. Projects that are as reliable as a trusty screwdriver are desirable. Simple tools that can go online and never be thought about again will have an advantage.