Paddison electoral and fiscal geographies

Although the bulk of Ronan Paddison’s work focussed on other areas, he also worked on electoral and fiscal geographies. The former book-ended his career. Some of his first published papers were on electoral matters, as was some of the last work he did. And his long-standing focus on urban politics led to an ongoing interest in funding the local state. What tied this work into the wider corpus of Ronan’s activities was an interest in power. In this short paper, I take a look at some of his contributions in both areas.