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Oliver Heath

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Lawrence McKay @lawrencemckay.bsky.social · Apr 29

Out now (OA) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Do people in rural areas want politicians offering stronger representation to rural areas - as opposed to just their local area? Yes - based an original conjoint experiment in the UK (1/5)

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Laura Serra @lauraserra.bsky.social · Mar 24

I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Mar 6

Has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti-immigration movement broadened its social appeal?

@olliheath.bsky.social, Christopher Prosser, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott look at the rise of Reform UK

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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

Has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti-immigration movement broadened its social appeal?

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Feb 26

Very happy to share our new article in JoP @thejop.bsky.social, where we explore how parties forge links with social groups (here: social classes) through different appeals and how citizens respond to such appeals.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · Feb 24

The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:

🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!

Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

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Electoral Studies @electoralstudies.bsky.social · Feb 21

As Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, here are some articles we have published on German elections that can guide you through what to expect… 🗳️ 📊

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Feb 18

Our SI on the 2024 UK General Election is out now!

Eds @pjsloman.bsky.social @colmpm.bsky.social with @profdaverichards.bsky.social @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @aduggan.bsky.social @kitkowol.bsky.social @mathewlawrence.bsky.social @olliheath.bsky.social

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The 2024 UK General Election

The 2024 general election was a landslide in the true sense of the word, as the collapse in Conservative and SNP support allowed Sir Keir Starmer to take power with a large parliamentary majority. Thi...

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Electoral Studies @electoralstudies.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨 New report! 📊 Last week we published our 2024 annual journal summary with data on acceptance rates and average review and publication timings. Here are some highlights.

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Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · Dec 2

New from @olliheath.bsky.social, me, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social:

The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

This article examines the social base of support for Reform UK. Did Nigel Farage's new party depend on the same types of ‘left behind’ voters who had previously backed UKIP? Do the results of the 202...

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Nov 28

Applicants are invited to contact potential supervisors (soon!)

PhD Studentship in Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London

Explore the PhD Studentship in Politics and International Relations on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Nov 28

Myself and @ntmatthews.bsky.social have a new paper out in the Journal of Political Ideologies titled “New Labour and political myth”. It is available open access — www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Abstract for journal article titled New Labour and political myth — The 1997 UK General Election preceded 13 years of New Labour
government. It would be a further 14 years until the Labour Party
next held office. Following the initial disavowal of New Labour by
many in the wake of the 2010 General Election, these 14 years saw
the emergence of a positive narrative regarding New Labour and its
time in office – in addition to the reestablishment of what can be
seen as ‘New Labour people’ reproducing this narrative – in the
mainstream of British political life. In this paper, we use the concept
of political myth to explore the persistence of the ideas, strategy,
and personnel of New Labour. We begin by defining the concept of
political myth in greater detail, drawing out its key features as
outlined in the existing literature. We then introduce the case of
New Labour, giving an account of the emergence of what we term
the New Labour Myth. We then demonstrate how this case falls
under the concept of political myth using evidence drawn from
a variety of sources across the post-2010 period. Taken together, we
argue that the New Labour Myth constitutes an important strain of
thought in contemporary British politics.

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · Nov 25

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

"Does disability affect support for political parties?"

Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.

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The abstract of the publication, which reads:

While it is well-established that disability reduces the probability of electoral turnout, far less is known about the relationship between disability and support for particular political parties. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from Understanding Society we explore the relationship between disability and party support in England and Wales along left-right and protest dimensions. Consistent with our hypotheses, analysis of cross-sectional data suggests that, after accounting for demographic characteristics, disabled people are significantly less likely to support parties to the right and more likely to support protest parties. In contrast, however, after accounting for time invariant individual unobserved heterogeneity using panel data methods, we find no evidence of a relationship between disability and left-right party support, and far less evidence of a relationship with protest parties. We discuss and attempt to reconcile these findings.

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Laura Bronner @laurabronner.bsky.social · Nov 21

A thread about being wrong:

5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong.

This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · Nov 21

Our paper on trust and trusworthiness is out, where we test a model of competence, benevolence, and integrity in 5 countries. We find these are generally consistent across people and countries, with benevolence being most important in determining trust judgements.

doi.org/10.1111/1475...

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · Nov 20

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · Oct 4

A tribute to David Denver, by me and Justin Fisher.

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Joost van Spanje @joostvanspanje.bsky.social · Sep 25

New!

The *New Parties Data Set* by Stuart Bramwell and me.

2,434 parties in 22 countries since 1945, their score in 3 elections, and their mode of establishment.

Thanks to our 🇪🇺ERC Consolidator Grant project 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🇭🇺🇲🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹🇿🇦🇳🇱team in 🇬🇧London @rhulpirp.bsky.social.

See
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · Sep 16

📣 New Research 📣

We're excited to see your analyses of the new post-2024 GE BES data

For now, @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social and Ed Fieldhouse have looked at what we know about Reform

Watch: youtu.be/Z8s9hzTsruc?...

Read: www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-impact/b...

Back to the Future: Similarities of 2015 UKIP & 2024 Reform UK

YouTube video by Nuffield College, Oxford

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Laura Serra @lauraserra.bsky.social · Apr 30

Somehow managed to summarise my entire PhD thesis on the growing UK voting age gap in 1000 words for the PSA blog. Give it a read! ⬇️

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