Heppell, T orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-6993 (2022) The Labour Party Leadership Election: The Stark Model and the Selection of Keir Starmer. British Politics, 17 (4). pp. 369-385. ISSN 1746-918X
Abstract
This article considers the selection of Keir Starmer as the new Leader of the Labour Party within the context of the Stark model for explaining leadership election outcomes. The article seeks to achieve three objectives. First, to provide an overview of the nomination stages and the candidates who contested the Labour Party leadership election. Second, to provide an analysis of the underlying academic assumptions of the Stark model on leadership selection and to assess its value as an explanatory model. Third, to use opinion-polling evidence to consider the selection of Starmer in relation to the criteria of the Stark model—i.e. that party leadership (s)electorates are influenced by the following hierarchy of strategic goals: acceptability or select the candidate most likely to unify the party; electability or select the candidate most likely to expand the vote base of the party; and competence or select the candidate most likely to be able to implement their policy objectives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This is an author produced version of a paper published in British Politics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Keir Starmer; Labour Party; Labour Party unity; Leaders of the opposition; Leadership elections; Parliamentary Labour party |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2021 11:42 |
Last Modified: | 06 May 2023 07:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41293-021-00164-w |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:173204 |