From Votes to Seats

The Operation of the Uk Electoral System Since 1945

Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, Daniel Dorling , Danny Dorling

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Manchester University Press
01 June 2001

Elections & referenda

The British electoral system treats parties disproportionately and differentially. This original study of the 14 general elections held between 1950 and 1997 shows that the amount of bias in those election results increased substantially over the period, benefiting Labour at the expense of the Conservatives. Labour's advantage peaked at the 1997 general election when, even assuming there had been an equal share of the votes for the two parties, it would have won 82 more seats than its opponents. This situation came about because of different aspects of two well-known electoral abuses - malapportionment and gerrymandering - which operate despite the non-partisan redistribution processes involved in defining new constituencies conducted on five occasions by the independent Boundary Commissions during the period studied. With the use of imaginative diagrams the book examines these processes in detail, illustrating how they operate and stresses the important role of tactical voting in the production of recent election results.

The book will be of great interest to all students of the British electoral system, not least those concerned with its potential reform, for which the authors make detailed proposals.

By: Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, Daniel Dorling, Danny Dorling, David Rossiter
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780719058523
ISBN 10: 071905852X
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 01 June 2001
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Replaced By: 9780719082856
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. From votes to seats - disproportionality, seats, votes, ratios and vote types 2. Biases between the two main parties 3. Bias and The Boundary Commissions 4. Variations in turnout and their impact on the outcome 5. Wasted and surplus votes - campaigning and increased vote effectiveness 6. Tactical voting - increasing vote effectiveness even more 7. Towards reform -- .

Ron Johnston is Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. Charles Pattie is Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield. Danny Dorling is Professor of Geography at the University Of Leeds. David Rossiter is Research fellow in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol

Reviews for From Votes to Seats: The Operation of the Uk Electoral System Since 1945

"""'I have no doubt that this is an important contribution to knowledge and to the debate about electoral reform.' Graham Thomas, University of Reading"""