Add to ORKGVoters typically want their elected representatives to have roots in their local area, yet a large number of British MPs lack close ties with their constituency. Drawing on new research, Rob Gandy, Philip Cowley and Scott Foster illustrate trends in localism among MPs between the 2010 and 2019 general elections
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...
Most attention in British electoral studies has been paid to the pattern of voting for parties, with...
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...
Drawing on data from four general elections between 2010 and 2019 this note shows that British MPs a...
It is common for parliamentary candidates to stress their local roots in order to win over voters. I...
This article investigates the influence of the politics of presence in the most recent parliamentary...
Overview of analyses that look at the relationship between where UK MPs were born and their constitu...
This article examines the electoral impact of spillover effects in local campaigns in Britain. For t...
The literature on candidate selection has found that voters favour local candidates, as they are tho...
Does geography play any part within a political party’s internal elections? As they build their Parl...
Most studies of the ‘friends and neighbours’ effect in voting behaviour have accounted for their obs...
The localness of candidates is hardly mentioned in discussion of British elections, but an increasin...
CUTTS D. and WEBBER D.J. Voting patterns, party spending and relative location in England and Wales,...
The degree of 'localness' of candidates, including their residential location, has long been theoris...
The political maxim “all politics is local” refers to the importance of politicians focusing more ti...
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...
Most attention in British electoral studies has been paid to the pattern of voting for parties, with...
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...
Drawing on data from four general elections between 2010 and 2019 this note shows that British MPs a...
It is common for parliamentary candidates to stress their local roots in order to win over voters. I...
This article investigates the influence of the politics of presence in the most recent parliamentary...
Overview of analyses that look at the relationship between where UK MPs were born and their constitu...
This article examines the electoral impact of spillover effects in local campaigns in Britain. For t...
The literature on candidate selection has found that voters favour local candidates, as they are tho...
Does geography play any part within a political party’s internal elections? As they build their Parl...
Most studies of the ‘friends and neighbours’ effect in voting behaviour have accounted for their obs...
The localness of candidates is hardly mentioned in discussion of British elections, but an increasin...
CUTTS D. and WEBBER D.J. Voting patterns, party spending and relative location in England and Wales,...
The degree of 'localness' of candidates, including their residential location, has long been theoris...
The political maxim “all politics is local” refers to the importance of politicians focusing more ti...
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...
Most attention in British electoral studies has been paid to the pattern of voting for parties, with...
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying...