British Elections & Parties Review

The "British Elections and Parties" series publishes research on parties, elections and voting behaviour in Britain, providing analyses of current and historical developments. It is produced under the auspices of the Political Studies Association's Election, Public Opinion and Parties study group.
Volume 9 includes research based around four themes: electoral reform; partisanship and voting; parliamentary behaviour; and the attitudes of the young. It provides a source of data on public opinion polls, a summary of local election results, UK referendums, key economic indicators, political parties and a chronology of major political events in 1998.

Electoral reform and its discontents, Richard S. Katz; New Labour's landslide and electoral bias - an exploration of differences between the 1997 UK general election result and the previous 13, Ron Johnston et al; reforming the Westminster electoral system - evaluating the Jenkins Commission proposals, Helen Margetts and Patrick Dunleavy; party policy and electoral reform - a survey of develoments, motives and prospects, Matt Cole; New Labour's new partisans - the dynamics of party identification in Britain since 1992, Harold D. Clarke et al; "Independents", "Switchers" and voting for third parties in Britain 1979-92, David W.F. Huang; improving the measurement of party identification in Britain, John Bartle; settled will or divided society? - voting in the 1997 Scottish and Welsh devolution referendums, Charles Pattie et al; the absence of war? - New Labour in Parliament, Philip Cowley; MPs and Europe - enthusiasm, circumspection or outright scepticism? David Baker et al; nowhere to run..? - British MEPs and the Euro, Roger M. Scully; young people and contemporary politics - committed scepticism or engaged cynicism? Dominic Wring et al. References: chronology of major political events 1998; public opinion polls, 1998; local elections 1998; UK referendums 1997-98; economic indicators 1998; political parties; national newspapers.

Cowley, Philip; Denver, David; Fisher, Justin; Russell, Andrew