Johnston, R.J., Pattie, C.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4578-178X, Hartman, T. et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Scotland's electoral geography differed from the rest of Britain's in 2017 (and 2015) - exploring its contours. Scottish Geographical Journal. ISSN 1470-2541
Abstract
The rapid expansion in support for the Scottish National Party (SNP) between the 2010 and 2015 general elections substantially changed the country’s electoral geography, as again did its relative decline at the next election in 2017. At that last contest, however, the SNP won many seats with fewer than 40% of the votes cast, a situation very different from that in the rest of Great Britain. That difference – which had a considerable impact on the formation of a government in June 2017 – came about because of the nature of the competition in individual seats.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Scottish Geographical Journal on 13 Dec 2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2017.1409362. |
Keywords: | General elections; electoral geography; party competition; Scotland |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2017 12:49 |
Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2017.1409362 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2017.1409362 |