British general elections since 1964 : diversity, dealignment, and disillusion / David Denver and Mark Garnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denver, D. T., author.

Garnett, Mark, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Elections.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament--Elections--History--20th century.

Great Britain. Parliament--Elections--History--21st century.

Great Britain. Parliament.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The first book to look at a succession of British general elections in significant detail. By starting the survey in 1964 rather than the traditional date of 1945, it can also focus more rigorously on the changes which began in the 1960s and still affect general elections today.

Contents:

Cover

British General Elections Since 1964: Diversity, Dealignment, and Disillusion

Copyright

Preface

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

1: Introduction

Notes

2: The Way Things Were: Elections, 1964-70

The 1964 Campaign

The 1964 Results

1964-6: A Pre-Election Parliament

The 1966 Campaign

The 1966 Results

1966-70: The Election Cycle Par Excellence

The 1970 Campaign

The 1970 Results

Explaining Voting Behaviour: 1964-70

Appendix: Campaign Polls

3: 'Decade of Dealignment': Elections, 1974-9

The February 1974 Campaign

The February 1974 Results

The Aftermath

The Shortest Parliament

The October 1974 Campaign

The October 1974 Results

'Tumult': October 1974-9

The 1979 Campaign

The 1979 Results

Voting Behaviour in the 1970s

Voting and Non-Voting

Liberal Support: 'Angels in Plastic'

Dealignment and Issue Voting

4: Conservative Hegemony?: Elections, 1983-92

Mrs Thatcher's First Term, 1979-83

The 1983 Campaign

The 1983 Results

Mrs Thatcher's Second Term, 1983-7

The 1987 Campaign

The 1987 Results

The Demise of Margaret Thatcher (and the SDP): 1987-92

The 1992 Campaign

The 1992 Results

Voting in the 1980s

The Controversy Over Class Voting

Sectoral Cleavages

'The North-South Divide'

Conservative Hegemony?

5: The Triumph of New Labour: Elections, 1997-2005

The Longest Parliament: 1992-7

The 1997 Campaign

The 1997 Results

Blair's First Term, 1997-2001: Riding a Wave

The 2001 Campaign

The 2001 Results

Blair's Second Term, 2001-5: Hanging On

The 2005 Campaign

The 2005 Results

Voting Behaviour

Non-Voting

Conclusion

6: Conservative Revival and the Rise of 'Others': Elections, 2010-15.

The End of the Affair: The Demise of Tony Blair

Gordon Brown in Office

Cameron and the Conservatives

Liberal Democrats and Others

The 2010 Campaign

The 'Ground War'

The 2010 Results

Turnout

The Outcome and the Aftermath

The Costs of Governing: 2010-15

Labour(ing) Under Miliband

The Rise of the 'Others'

The 2015 Campaign

The 2015 Results

Explaining the Outcome

7: The Brexit Elections, 2017-19

The 'Brexit' Referendum of 2016

The Aftermath of the Referendum

The Others

The 2017 Campaign

The 2017 Results

Voting in 2017

Explaining the Result

A Return to Two-Party Politics?

2017-19: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit

The 2019 Campaign

The 2019 Results

Voting in 2019

After 2019: Pandemic

8: Conclusion: Diversity, Dealignment, and Disillusion

The Changed Social Context

Changed Media

Changed Electoral Geography

Change in Electoral Behaviour

Change in Who Gets Elected

Change in the Operation of the Electoral System

Change in the Parties

Party Membership

Election Campaigning

Changes in Party Finance

Voter, Elections, and Parties

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-188032-9

0-19-258353-0

OCLC:

1259322361