Alistair Clark - Böcker

Britain Votes: The 2024 General Election brings together a team of distinguished academic experts to examine every facet of a record-breaking election. This was a contest that produced the highest swing in the post-war era, delivering a Labour landslide, and reducing the Conservatives to their lowest ever level of parliamentary representation. This volume helps explain how and why this remarkable electoral turnaround was achieved. The contributions analyse the election results in detail and evaluate the campaigns and electoral performance of all the main parties. There is in-depth assessment of the electoral contests in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Every aspect of the campaign is scrutinized, from party funding to media coverage and the parties' strategies for digital engagement. The volume also highlights a number of critical challenges to the electoral process in the UK and also asks what the outcome in 2024 might suggest for the next election.

The second edition of this popular textbook provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to UK party politics, combining chapters on each of the main parties (Conservative, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party) with an assessment of post-devolution Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Clark analyses the extraordinary recent developments in UK politics, including Brexit, the 2015 and 2016 Labour leadership contests, and the surprise 2017 general election, exploring how these events have impacted the political parties, the people of the UK and the UK’s position in the world. The book also covers the rise of minority parties such as UKIP, the influence of the media and party campaigning, organisation and funding. Written in an accessible style, this new edition is an essential companion for students taking modules on British Political Parties, Party Politics or British Politics more generally, as well as functioning as a useful background text for modules in Comparative Political Parties. It is an ideal introduction for all readers new to the topic.New to this Edition:- A new chapter on the Scottish National Party takes account of their rise, their role as a governing party in Scotland, and becoming the third largest party at Westminster.- Up-to-date coverage of all the latest developments affecting UK political parties including the Scottish referendum, the 2015 and 2017 general elections, the 2016 devolved elections and Brexit.- Extended coverage of the rise and fall of UKIP.