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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.
Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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The Human Rights Act 1998: No Future?

Revue LISA
This contribution focuses on the threats weighing on the Human Rights Act 1998 under the Conservative government of Boris Johnson, in light of previous criticisms coming from political actors and growing questioning from the judiciary.
Peggy Ducoulombier
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Brexit and the 2019 General Election

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2022
The article examines two different interpretations of the British general election in 2019. One claims that electoral behaviour was largely driven by views about whether the UK should deliver on the vote of the 2016 referendum to leave the EU.
Dennis Kavanagh
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Ed Davey's Tory Removals: The Liberal Democrats and the 2024 General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 83-90, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election represented a remarkable comeback for the Liberal Democrats. Less than a decade on from the coalition and the 2015 election debacle, Sir Ed Davey's party reclaimed third‐party status in the House of Commons with seventy‐two MPs—the largest total for the Liberal Democrats or their Liberal Party predecessors since the ...
Peter Sloman
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A new agreement between the UK and the EU: who won? [PDF]

Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019
The article analyzes the updated agreement on the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, as well as the concessions that the parties made to achieve it. The possibility of revising the agreement was not provided for by EU leaders for a long time, however ...
Liudmila Babynina
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Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 13-25, January/March 2025.
Abstract While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231‐seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically overturn the geography of electoral outcomes in England and Wales.
Will Jennings, Jamie Furlong, Gerry Stoker, Lawrence Mckay   +3 more
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The First Steps of Boris Johnson’s Second Government [PDF]

Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019
Due to the majority electoral system the Conservative party has won the UK snap elections on December 12, 2019 with a landslide victory since the Bremainers’ vote was divided.
Elena Ananieva
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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 91-101, January/March 2025.
Abstract This article examines the social base of support for Reform UK. Did Nigel Farage's new party depend on the same types of ‘left behind’ voters who had previously backed UKIP? Do the results of the 2024 election suggest a hardening of the social divides that underpinned the rise of UKIP? Or has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti‐immigration movement
Oliver Heath, Christopher Prosser, Humphrey Southall, Paula Aucott   +3 more
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The Role of Films in Politics: The Representation of Boris Johnson in ‘This England’ TV Series [PDF]

Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies
Television series serve as tools for propaganda and influence, allowing political figures to manipulate public opinion and control how they are perceived. One notable example of this phenomenon can be seen in the representation of Boris Johnson in the TV
Reza Bagheri, Mohamad Baghi
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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
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