How the partisan context of parliamentary votes affects MP’s party loyalty on free votes

Raymond, Christopher D. (2018) How the partisan context of parliamentary votes affects MP’s party loyalty on free votes. Democratic Audit Blog (25 Jun 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

To measure the extent to which MPs make decisions about how to vote out of agreement with a policy or party loyalty, Christopher D. Raymond measured the variation in MPs’ voting behaviour in a series of free votes. He found that the closeness of each parliamentary division affected MPs’ voting behaviour, indicating that loyalty to their party, and the desire for a partisan win, has an effect independently of an MP’s own position and the party whip.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	18 May 2021 16:42
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109676

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