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Legal Issues Surrounding the Referendum on Independence for Scotland [PDF]

, 2013
The 2014 referendum: Towards a consensual process – The Edinburgh Agreement: framing the referendum process – Process rules and key issues – After the referendum: Scotland's status under international law – Secession under international law – Membership ...
Tierney, Stephen
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Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 111-119, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to the issues that dominated the national campaign. Using original leaflet data from the OpenElections project, this study extends the focus to explore the issues emphasised in local electoral ...
Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Siim Trumm
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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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91. Scottish National Party Victory, 4 May 2007

, 2013
The Scottish National Party was created in April 1934. The SNP result in the 1935 general election was very poor and the party had to wait till April 1945 to win its first parliamentary seat. The party grew in the 1950s and in the 1960s to reach a membership of around 16,000 in 1965.
openaire   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Young SNP members: socio-nationalism, identity and politics

Frontiers in Political Science
Scotland is an interesting case study when it comes to politics, nationalism and identity. The separatist movement led by the Scottish National Party (SNP) raises a wide range of questions with regard to Scottish and British politics as well as people's ...
Claire Breniaux
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Improving linkage of data on looked after children in Scotland through operational innovations

International Journal of Population Data Science
Objectives This project is scoping ways to improve the linkage rate of the Scottish Government’s longitudinal Looked After Children (LAC) dataset to other datasets by providing an appropriate, secure and practical mechanism for transferring more ...
Siân Robson, Rosie Seaman
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In perspective: Tom Nairn [PDF]

, 1999
The 1960s saw an upsurge of separatist nationalisms at the core of the capitalist system, with the movements in Catalonia, Eskudai, Occitania, Quebec, Scotland, Wallonia and Wales all making their first serious impact during that decade.
Davidson, Neil
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The Most Disproportionate UK Election: How the Labour Party Doubled its Seat Share with a 1.6‐Point Increase in Vote Share in 2024

The 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