Elections in Britain
A Voter’s Guide
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Roger Mortimore
Political Science and International Relations
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When Elections are Held
Apart from the result, the principal uncertainty about a British general election is its timing. Unlike in the USA and the great majority of democratic states outside the Commonwealth, there is no fixed date f...
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An Evolving System
In 1254 the Sheriff of each county was ordered to send two knights, chosen by the county, ‘to consider what aid they would give the King in his great necessity’; eleven years later the Parliament summoned by S...
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An Evolving System
In 1254 the Sheriff of each county was ordered to send two knights, chosen by the county, ‘to consider what aid they would give the King in his great necessity’; eleven years later the Parliament summoned by S...
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Political Parties: Local
The national organisations of the political parties monopolise publicity in the press and on radio and television, but it is the local branches with which the voter is likely to come into contact. The main par...
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When Elections are Held
Apart from the result, the principal uncertainty about a British general election is its timing. Unlike in the USA and the great majority of democratic states outside the Commonwealth, there is no fixed date f...
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Chapter
Political Parties: Local
The national organisations of the political parties monopolise publicity in the press and on radio and television, but it is the local branches with which the voter is likely to come into contact. The main par...
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Polling Day
When polling day finally arrives the limelight which has shone throughout the preceding weeks on the party leaders and the national campaigns of the parties swings decisively back to the constituencies. In a g...
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Polling Day
When polling day finally arrives the limelight which has shone throughout the preceding weeks on the party leaders and the national campaigns of the parties swings decisively back to the constituencies. In a g...
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Introduction
‘The disadvantage of free elections’, V. M. Molotov (the Soviet Foreign Minister in 1946) remarked to Ernest Bevin, ‘is that you can never be sure who is going to win them.’
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The Voters
Any British citizen, citizen of any other Commonwealth country or Irish citizen, over the age of 18 and resident in the United Kingdom, with a very few exceptions, is eligible to vote in all elections in Brita...
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How Much Does it Cost — and Who Pays For it?
The cost of fighting elections, and the means by which the political parties raise money to pay for it, has become perhaps the most controversial aspect of Britain’s electoral arrangements over the last few ye...
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How Much Does it Cost — and Who Pays For it?
The cost of fighting elections, and the means by which the political parties raise money to pay for it, has become perhaps the most controversial aspect of Britain’s electoral arrangements over the last few ye...
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Chapter
Introduction
‘The disadvantage of free elections’, V. M. Molotov (the Soviet Foreign Minister in 1946) remarked to Ernest Bevin, ‘is that you can never be sure who is going to win them.’
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The National Campaign
Seventy or eighty years ago election campaigns were conducted almost exclusively at a constituency level. Apart from organising speaking tours by the party leaders and other prominent personalities, the party ...
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The Voters
Any British citizen, citizen of any other Commonwealth country or Irish citizen, over the age of 18 and resident in the United Kingdom, with a very few exceptions, is eligible to vote in all elections in Brita...
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The National Campaign
Seventy or eighty years ago election campaigns were conducted almost exclusively at a constituency level. Apart from organising speaking tours by the party leaders and other prominent personalities, the party ...
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By-Elections, Local Elections, Euro-Elections and Referendums
General elections are the most signifi cant and perhaps most exciting elections which take place in Britain, but they are of course by no means the only ones. Every year there are elections to local authoritie...
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By-Elections, Local Elections, Euro-Elections and Referendums
General elections are the most significant and perhaps most exciting elections which take place in Britain, but they are of course by no means the only ones. Every year there are elections to local authorities...
