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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Most Disproportionate UK Election: How the Labour Party Doubled its Seat Share with a 1.6‐Point Increase in Vote Share in 2024

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 37-64, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour Party doubled its seats in the 2024 UK general election, winning a landslide majority with only a 1.6 point increase in its UK vote share and an historically low vote share for a winning party at just under 34 per cent. This article provides new evidence for three constituency‐level explanations for this outcome in the context of ...
Marta Miori, Jane Green
wiley   +1 more source

The cynical thinking behind Hungary’s bizarre referendum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Encouraged by Brexit, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is using xenophobia to whip up support for his questionable anti-refugee referendum to be held on 2nd October ...
Culik, Jan
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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh—the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake—recently hit the headlines owing to an ecological crisis caused by the level of pollutants entering its waters. With political attention drawn to the lough, an emerging idea amongst environmental activists—inspired by the global ‘rights of nature’ (RoN) movement—is ...
Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Let the People Speak … But Make the Politicians Decide

open access: yes, 2006
There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum.
O'Hara, Kieron
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Party Finance. Not a Broken System, but Some Reforms are Required

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Elon Musk's rumoured donation of some £78 million to Reform UK has recently sparked off debate about party financing in the UK. Political party financing periodically appears on the political radar, with resulting calls for reform; some narrowly focussed, others calling for a complete overhaul, with some suggestions that the system is ‘broken’.
Justin Fisher
wiley   +1 more source

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