Add to ORKGWith the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main parties approach to each. In this post, Max Goplerud examines a perennial concern about the British electoral system—the prevalence of safe seats—using historical data and a new method for addressing boundary changes to illustrate the extent of the problem
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Cutting the number of TDs to 158, not population changes, has defined the proposed constituency boun...
One reason why the government wants to equalise electoral constituency sizes is to correct for a per...
The government’s contentious legislation to reduce the number of MPs and introduce a new system for ...
The 2010 election was fraught with accusations of electoral biases that rewarded parties unevenly. T...
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It is frequently canvassed by some politicians and political commentators that the current British e...
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It is currently likely that no party will be a clear winner in next May’s General Election. What is ...
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