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Oliver Heath
@olliheath.bsky.social
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Professor of politics
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lawrencemckay.bsky.social
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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April 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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lauraserra.bsky.social
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 🫠
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
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?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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peterla.bsky.social
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....
February 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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anjaneundorf.bsky.social
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 👇
February 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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electoralstudies.bsky.social
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… 🗳️ 📊
February 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
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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February 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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electoralstudies.bsky.social
🚨 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.
January 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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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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December 2, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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danielalai.bsky.social
Applicants are invited to contact potential supervisors (soon!)
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November 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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peterallen.bsky.social
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.
November 28, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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ralphscott.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

"Does disability affect support for political parties?"

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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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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.
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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laurabronner.bsky.social
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...
November 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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danjdevine.bsky.social
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.

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November 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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cerifowler.bsky.social
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....
November 20, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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philipjcowley.bsky.social
A tribute to David Denver, by me and Justin Fisher.

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October 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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joostvanspanje.bsky.social
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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September 25, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social
We've had a look at support for Reform UK and the potential impact of Nigel Farage's return.

We find that there are a lot of similarities to UKIP in 2015!

This is also the second video that I've put together for the BES, so hopefully you enjoy!
September 16, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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lauraserra.bsky.social
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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April 30, 2024 at 1:49 PM