Introduction
The Mislaying of a Majority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6312593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Tonge (0000-0002-4350-9101), Cristina Leston-Bandeira (0000-0002-6131-4607), Stuart Wilks-Heeg (0000-0003-2919-0875) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | suppl_1 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsx071 |
| OpenAlex | W2802184646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The 2017 General Election added considerably to the rich political drama evident in the UK in recent years. A contest supposed to be one of the most one-sided of all time confounded most predictions in yielding only the third hung parliament of the 20 post-war general elections in the UK. ‘May heads for election landslide’ trumpeted The Times on 19 April, the day after the election was called—and few demurred. Theresa May began her campaign in Bolton North East, where Labour had been in charge since 1997 and enjoyed an 8.4% lead over the Conservatives in 2015. The message from the Prime Minister was clear: this would be a rout in which the governing party would extend its majority and crush a left-wing Labour Party. The Conservatives assumed that many Labour voters would defect and that most of UKIP’s vote—which had fallen by 20% in the previous month’s council elections—would head their way
Art · CONTEST · Drama · General election · Liberal Party · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Sociology · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |