Britain Votes 2017

by Tonge, Jonathan; Leston-Bandeira, Cristina; Wilks-Heeg, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780198820307
• ISBN10: 0198820305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-05-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Jonathan Tonge, University of Liverpool,Cristina Leston-Bandeira, University of Liverpool,Stuart Wilks-Heeg, University of Liverpool

Professor Jonathan Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool and his research focuses on the politics of Northern Ireland, British parties and elections, devolution in the UK.

Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira is Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds, and her research focuses on the relationship between parliament and citizens, particularly public and digital engagement.

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg is Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool, and he is a leading expert on the UK democratic process, particularly with regard to issues associated with the mechanics of the electoral process.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mislaying of a Majority, Jonathan Tonge, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Stuart Wilks-Hee
The Results: How Britain Voted, David Denver
How the Electoral System Failed to Deliver - Again, John Curtice
'We Didn't See it Coming': The Conservatives, Tim Bale and Paul Webb
'Jez We Can!': Labour's Campaign; Defeat with a Taste of Victory, Eunice Goes
The Liberal Democrats: Green Shoots of Recovery or Still on Life Support?, David Cutts and Andrew Russell
The Rug Pulled from Under Them: UKIP and the Greens, James Dennison
Referendums as Critical Junctures? Scottish Voting in British Elections, Ailsa Henderson and James Mitchel
The Election in Wales: Campaign and Party Performance, Jonathan Bradbury
Northern Ireland: Double Triumph for the Democratic Unionist Party, Jonathan Tonge and Jocelyn Evans
The Brexit Context, Sara Hagemann
Party Finance, Justin Fisher
Digital Campaigning: The Rise of Facebook and Satellite Campaigns, Katharine Dommett and Luke Temple
Out with the Old, In with the New? The Media Campaign, Stephen Ward and Dominic Wring
The (Anti-)Politics of the Election: Funnelling Frustration in a Divided Democracy, Matthew Flinders
More Stable than Strong: Womens Representation, Voters and Issues, Emily Harmer and Rosalynd Southern
Young Voters, Sarah Harrison
Conclusion: An Election that Satisfied Few and Solved Little, Jonathan Tonge, Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Stuart Wilks-Heeg
Index