Heath, Oliver (2015) The rise of middle class politicians and the decline of class voting in Britain. British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 Feb 2015). Website.
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Abstract
How does the social background of MPs and candidates influence voting behaviour? Analysis by Oliver Heath of class voting in Britain between 1964 and 2010 shows that the social cues that parties send voters matter and that working class voters are relatively more likely to vote Labour when the party contains many working class MPs.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2017 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 14:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72324 |
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