The Results

How Britain Voted

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6310380
AutoresDavid Denver (Lancaster University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen73
NúmeroSupplement_1
Páginas7-28
Fecha de publicación2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gsaa037
OpenAlexW4243797453
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16

Between 2005 and 2010, despite some ‘random shocks’ caused by the emergence of new party leaders, the trends in party support suggested a return to the traditional inter-election cycle. During the election campaign, however, there were dramatic changes as the popularity of Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, increased sharply. In terms of votes, the Conservatives emerged as the largest party but this was not enough to obtain a majority of seats. Scotland was unusual in seeing a rise in Labour support and a decline for the Liberal Democrats. The pattern of party support for the major parties across constituencies was much the same as before, but UKIP and the BNP had distinctive areas of relative strength and weakness. Turnout increased but not by as much as might have been expected given the closeness of the contest. The ‘win’ for the Conservatives was probably mainly due to the electorates preference and greater liking for David Cameron over Gordon Brown, but voters still harboured doubts about the ability of the Tories to deliver effective policies and that is why they did not win more emphatically

Closeness · CONTEST · Economics · General election · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Preference · Sociology · Turnout · Unanimity · Voting · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies