Sleaze, constituency and dissent

Voting on Nolan in the House of Commons

Bibliographic Data

ID8360800
AuthorsRon Johnston (0000-0003-3031-8573, University of Bristol), R J Johnston (0000-0001-7523-2701), C J Pattie, Charles Pattie (0000-0003-4578-178X, University of Sheffield), David Rossiter (University of Bristol), D J Rossiter
Year1997
Volume29
Issue1
Pages20-33
Publication date1997-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00004.x
OpenAlexW1971242799
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Dissension has become increasingly common within the UK House of Commons in recent decades. In November 1995, the government's position on recommendations regarding the disclosure of MPs' financial interests linked to their Parliamentary position was defeated because 22 of its backbenchers voted for a Labour amendment, which was carried. This paper looks at the pattern of voting on that issue, with particular reference to the constituency situation of MPs at a difficult time for many of them, just after a major review of boundaries had been promulgated. It shows that those backbenchers with unchanged seats were much more likely to dissent

Commons · Dissent · Economics · Government (linguistics) · House of Commons · Law and economics · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Sociology · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Finance · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration

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