Representing a Territory
Constituency Boundaries for the British House of Commons of the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10186347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Hibbing (0000-0002-6922-2459, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Samuel C Patterson (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 992-1005 |
| Publication date | 1986-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2131009 |
| OpenAlex | W2137587198 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In 1983, the boundary lines for constituencies of the British House of Commons were revised in the light of major shifts in population since the previous redistribution of seats. A massive proportion--nearly 90 percent--of the parliamentary constituencies were changed in some way. In this analysis of the 1983 redistribution, we examine why some constituencies have so many more people than others. Our models include a variety of independent variables impinging upon "redistribution biases"--country (England, Scotland, Wales), rounding error in assigning seats, population density, and the dominant political party in constituencies. All these variables are found to play a part in the decisions of the boundary commissions. However, although "political" in certain ways, we detected no significant direct partisan influences in the 1983 redistribution of seats
Boundary (topology · Boundary line · Commons · House of Commons · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Systems and Governance
Seats, Votes, and the Spatial Organization of Elections
Free Elections
The New American Political System
On comparing legislatures
The Myth of Non-Partisan Cartography
The Redistribution of Seats
Redistricting by Independent Commissions
Political representationand elections in Britain
Malrepresentation of the People 1974 Model
Population Equality and the Distribution of Seats in the British House of Commons
The Decomposition of Electoral Bias in a Plurality Election
The Law of the Cubic Proportion in Election Results
The 1983 boundary commission
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |